avejão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.veˈʒɐ̃w̃/ [a.veˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

Etymology 1

From ave +‎ -(j)ão.

Noun

avejão m (plural avejões)

  1. (irregular) augmentative of ave

Etymology 2

From Latin vīsiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet visão.

Noun

avejão m (plural avejões)

  1. apparition; ghost (spirit appearing after death)
    Synonyms: fantasma, abentesma, aparição, espectro, (literary) simulacro

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