pilão

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See also: pilao, and píláo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilon or Spanish pilón.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pilão m (plural pilões)

  1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
  2. a large, wooden mortar used to mash food

Descendants

  • Macanese: pilám

References

  1. ^ pilão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024