balão

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See also: balaõ

Portuguese

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balões

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballon.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lão

Noun

balão m (plural balões)

  1. balloon
  2. (chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)
  3. (Brazil) roundabout (road junction)
    Synonym: rotunda
  4. (Portugal, colloquial) breathalyzer
    Synonyms: alcoolímetro, (Portugal) alcoolómetro, (Brazil) alcoolômetro, (Portugal) etilómetro, (Brazil) etilômetro, (Portugal) bafómetro, (Brazil) bafômetro
  5. (comics) speech bubble
  6. (soccer, colloquial) lob

References

  1. ^ balão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ balão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024