facão

See also: fação

Portuguese

Etymology

    From faca + -ão.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈkɐ̃w̃/ [faˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
    • Hyphenation: fa‧cão

    Noun

    facão m (plural facões)

    1. augmentative of faca (“knife”)
      Synonym: facona
    2. machete
      Synonyms: catana, facalhão, machete

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: Fakong

    Further reading

    • “facão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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