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Portuguese
Etymology
From olho (“eye”) + -metro (“-meter”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -õmetɾu
- Hyphenation: o‧lhô‧me‧tro
Noun
olhômetro m (usually uncountable, plural olhômetros) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- (informal) "eye-meter", the ability to guesstimate
- A olhômetro, esta sala tem uns 20 metros quadrados. ― By a "guesstimate", this room has about 20 square meters.
Further reading
- “olhômetro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “olhômetro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “olhômetro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “olhómetro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024