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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English blackout.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /blɛˈkaw.t͡ʃi/ , /bleˈkaw.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /blɛˈkaw.te/ , /bleˈkaw.te/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -awtɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi
- Hyphenation: ble‧cau‧te
Noun
blecaute m (plural blecautes)
- (uncommon) blackout
- Synonym: apagão
2024 October 27, Marcelo Leite, “Com Nunes ou Boulos, clima manterá São Paulo de joelhos”, in Folha de S.Paulo, São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN:Fique em suspenso a questão das enchentes, que afinal só martirizam os pobres, para tratar primeiro dos blecautes, que prejudicam a todos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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