caldeirão

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caldeirão

caldeirão

Etymology

From caldeira +‎ -ão; compare Italian calderone, French chaudron; cf. also Spanish calderón.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaʊ̯.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.dɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.dɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.deˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.deˈɾɐ̃w̃]

Hyphenation: cal‧dei‧rão

Noun

caldeirão m (plural caldeirões)

cauldron
(geology) pothole
(figurative) melting pot (place where many divergent things come together)
(music) fermata
Synonym: fermata

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