alazão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab, “reddish, reddish-brown”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈzɐ̃w̃/ [a.laˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Adjective

alazão (feminine alazã, masculine plural alazões or alazães, feminine plural alazãs)

  1. sorrel (color)
    Synonyms: canela, lazão

Noun

alazão m (plural alazões or alazães, feminine alazã, feminine plural alazãs)

  1. a sorrel-colored horse
  2. (endearing, by extension) a horse of any color

Further reading

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