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Portuguese
Etymology
From cadeira + -ão.
Pronunciation
Noun
cadeirão m (plural cadeirões)
- Augmentative of cadeira
- armchair
- Synonym: poltrona
- (Portugal, colloquial) a difficult subject (at the university)
Eletromagnetismo é o cadeirão do curso. Quase ninguém passa à primeira.- Electromagnetism is the most difficult subject of the course. Hardly anyone passes at the first attempt.