charão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 漆料 (chhat-liāu, “lacquer; varnish material; lacquerware”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ʃaˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: cha‧rão

Noun

charão m (plural charões)

1. oriental lacquer; varnish (originating from China and Japan, usually glossy black or red)

   Synonyms: verniz, laca

2. lacquerware coated with oriental lacquer
3. (botany) smoke tree; fustet (Cotinus coggygria).

   Synonym: fustete

4. (zoology, Rio Grande do Sul) parrot (bird)

   Synonym: papagaio-da-serra

Derived terms

• acharoado
• acharoar
• papagaio-charão

Descendants

• → Spanish: charol
  • → Tagalog: tsarol

See also

• avoejo
• mocoa

Further reading

• “charão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “charão”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “charão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “charão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “漆料”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhat-liāu”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 64; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 64
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhat-liāu”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 308; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 308