estilhaço

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From estilha (“splinter, fragment”) +‎ -aço.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/, /es.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/, /es.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/, /eʃ.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.t͡ʃiˈʎa.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tiˈʎa.su/

• Hyphenation: es‧ti‧lha‧ço

Noun

estilhaço m (plural estilhaços)

1. splinter
2. shard
3. (especially in the plural) shrapnel

Related terms

• estilhar

Etymology 2

Verb

estilhaço

1. first-person singular present indicative of estilhaçar