calabouço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabozo.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.laˈbo(w).su/ [ka.laˈbo(ʊ̯).su]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.laˈbo(w).so/ [ka.laˈbo(ʊ̯).so]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbo(w).su/ [kɐ.lɐˈβo(w).su]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbow.su/ [kɐ.lɐˈβow.su]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbo.su/ [kɐ.lɐˈβo.su]

  • Rhymes: -owsu, -osu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧la‧bou‧ço

Noun

calabouço m (plural calabouços)

  1. dungeon (underground prison or vault)
    Synonym: masmorra

References

  1. ^ “calabouço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “calabouço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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