balcão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian balcone (“balcony, scaffold”).[1][2] Doublet of palco.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: bal‧cão

Noun

balcão m (plural balcões)

  1. counter
  2. (architecture) balcony
    Synonyms: sacada, varanda

Descendants

  • → Konkani: बलकांव (balkāuva)

References

  1. ^ “balcão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  2. ^ “balcão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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