galpão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish galpón, from Nahuatl calpulli (“house”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡawˈpɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaʊ̯ˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈpɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaɫˈpɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: gal‧pão

Noun

galpão m (plural galpões)

1. shed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)

Further reading

• “galpão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025