sumidouro

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

sumidoiro

Etymology

From sumir +‎ -douro.^[1]^[2] Compare Galician sumidoiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.miˈdo(w).ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.miˈdo(w).ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.miˈdo(w).ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.miˈdow.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.miˈdo.ɾu/

Rhymes: -owɾu
Hyphenation: su‧mi‧dou‧ro

Noun

sumidouro m (plural sumidouros)

a place where things mysteriously disappear
storm drain (hole designed to drain excess water from paved areas)
(figurative) drain (something consuming resources and providing nothing in return)
Synonym: sorvedouro
(graph theory) sink (destination vertex)

References

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

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