pilão

See also: pilao and píláo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilon or Spanish pilón.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈlɐ̃w̃/ [piˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Homophone: pilhão (Madeira)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lão

Noun

pilão m (plural pilões)

  1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
  2. a large, wooden mortar used to mash food

Descendants

  • Macanese: pilám

References

  1. ^ “pilão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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