papelão

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Portuguese

Caixa de papelão

Etymology

From papel +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧pe‧lão

Noun

papelão m (plural papelões)

  1. cardboard
  2. paper bank (a container where paper and cardboards are placed for recycling)
  3. (figurative) gaffe, blunder (embarrassing mistake)
    Synonym: mico

Descendants

  • Hunsrik: Papelong

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