comilão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin comedōnem. Compare Galician comellón and Spanish comilón.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈlɐ̃w̃/ [ko.miˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miˈlɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: co‧mi‧lão

Noun

comilão m (plural comilões, feminine comilona, feminine plural comilonas)

1. trencherman (person who eats a substantial amount of food)

Further reading

• “comilão”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024