terraço

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈʁa.su/ [teˈha.su]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teˈʁa.su/ [teˈχa.su]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈʁa.so/ [teˈha.so]

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: ter‧ra‧ço

Noun

terraço m (plural terraços)

  1. terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)
    Synonym: varanda
  2. terrace (flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides)
  3. terrace (roof of a building)
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