charabã

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French char-à-bancs.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.ɾaˈbɐ̃/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃa.ɾaˈbɐ̃/ [ʃa.ɾaˈβɐ̃]

  • Hyphenation: cha‧ra‧bã

Noun

charabã m (plural charabãs)

  1. charabanc (a horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides)

References

  1. ^ charabã”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ charabã”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025