caldeirão

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caldeirão

Etymology

From caldeira +‎ -ão; compare Italian calderone, French chaudron; cf. also Spanish calderón.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cal‧dei‧rão

Noun

caldeirão m (plural caldeirões)

  1. cauldron
  2. (geology) pothole
  3. (figurative) melting pot (place where many divergent things come together)
  4. (music) fermata
    Synonym: fermata