esfregão

See also: esfregao

Portuguese

esfregão

Etymology

From esfregar +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [is.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [is.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.fɾɨˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.fɾɨˈɣɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: es‧fre‧gão

Noun

esfregão m (plural esfregões)

1. scourer (cloth, sponge or other material used for scrubbing)
2. (Brazil) mop (utensil made of strips of cloth attached to the end of a handle, used, after moistening, to scrub or wash the floor)

   Synonym: (Portugal) esfregona

Related terms

• esfregar

 

Further reading

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