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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ave + -(j)ão.
Noun
avejão m (plural avejões)
- (irregular) Augmentative of ave
Etymology 2
From Latin vīsiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet visão.
Noun
avejão m (plural avejões)
- apparition; ghost (spirit appearing after death)
- Synonyms: fantasma, abentesma, aparição, espectro, (literary) simulacro
Further reading
- “avejão”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “avejão”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “avejão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “avejão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “avejão”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “avejão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024