padrão-ouro

Portuguese

Etymology

From padrão +‎ ouro

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˌdɾɐ̃w̃ˈo(w).ɾu/ [paˌdɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paˌdɾɐ̃w̃ˈo(w).ɾo/ [paˌdɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈo(ʊ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˌdɾɐ̃w̃ˈo(w).ɾu/ [pɐˌðɾɐ̃w̃ˈo(w).ɾu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˌdɾɐ̃w̃ˈow.ɾu/ [pɐˌðɾɐ̃w̃ˈow.ɾu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˌdɾɐ̃w̃ˈo.ɾu/ [pɐˌðɾɐ̃w̃ˈo.ɾu]

  • Hyphenation: pa‧drão‧-ou‧ro

Noun

padrão-ouro m (plural padrões-ouro or padrões-ouros)

  1. (economics) gold standard
    Synonyms: moeda-ouro, estalão-ouro

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