saguão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • xaguão

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zaguán,[1] from Andalusian Arabic إِسْطِوَان (ʔisṭiwān), from Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈɡwɐ̃w̃/ [saˈɡwɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈɡwɐ̃w̃/ [sɐˈɣwɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: sa‧guão

Noun

saguão m (plural saguões)

  1. foyer; lobby; entrance hall
  2. lightwell

Descendants

  • Macanese: saguám

References

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

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