cadeirão

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Portuguese

Etymology

From cadeira +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧dei‧rão

Noun

cadeirão m (plural cadeirões)

  1. Augmentative of cadeira
  2. armchair
    Synonym: poltrona
  3. (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.