estilhaço

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From estilha (“splinter, fragment”) +‎ -aço.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/, /es.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/, /eʃ.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.t͡ʃiˈʎa.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tiˈʎa.su/

Hyphenation: es‧ti‧lha‧ço

Noun

estilhaço m (plural estilhaços)

splinter
shard
(especially in the plural) shrapnel

Related terms

estilhar

Etymology 2

Verb

estilhaço

first-person singular present indicative of estilhaçar

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