sótão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sotoo, sotão, from Vulgar Latin *subtulum, from Latin subtus.[1] Compare Galician soto (“ground floor; cellar”) and Spanish sótano (“cellar”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subtanus[2] (whence Italian sottano), itself also a derivative of subtus (“below”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.tɐ̃w̃/ [ˈsɔ.tɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: só‧tão

Noun

sótão m (plural sótãos)

  1. attic
    Synonym: desvão

References

  1. ^ “sótão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  2. ^ “sótão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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