escaldão

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Portuguese

Etymology

From escaldar (“to scald”) +‎ -ão.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧cal‧dão

Noun

escaldão m (plural escaldões)

  1. sunburn
    Synonym: queimadura solar
    Olha, vais apanhar um escaldão!
    Look, you're going to get a sunburn!
  2. scald, burn

References

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