calabouço

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

calaboiço

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabozo.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbo(w).su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbo(w).so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbo(w).su/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbow.su/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbo.su/

Rhymes: -owsu, -osu
Hyphenation: ca‧la‧bou‧ço

Noun

calabouço m (plural calabouços)

dungeon (underground prison or vault)
Synonym: masmorra

References

^ “calabouço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “calabouço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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