azul e branco

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “blue and white”.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈzuw i ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/ [aˈzuʊ̯ i ˈbɾɐ̃.ku]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈzuw e ˈbɾɐ̃.ko/ [aˈzuʊ̯ e ˈbɾɐ̃.ko]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈzul i ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/ [ɐˈzuɫ i ˈβɾɐ̃.ku]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈzu.li i ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/ [ɐˈzu.li i ˈβɾɐ̃.ku]

Noun

azul e branco m (plural azuis e brancos)

  1. a type of soap produced in Portugal.
    • 2014 March 7, Emídio Cabrita de Oliveira, Jame: Entre a ficção e a realidade‎[1], Edições Ecopy, →ISBN, page 23:
      [...] o odor que poderia provir do sabão azul e branco com que o moço ensaboara o rosto e as mãos.
      [...] the scent that could come from the azul e branco soap with which the young man had lathered his face and hands.

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