marachão
Portuguese
Etymology
From maracha + -ão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾaˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [ma.ɾaˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɾɐˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɾɐˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧chão
Noun
marachão m (plural marachões)
- dyke
- Synonym: dique
- sandbank (strip of sand submerged in the sea or in a river, often emerging at low tide)
- Synonym: restinga
Further reading
- “marachão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “marachão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025