grilhão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ɡɾiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: gri‧lhão

Noun

grilhão m (plural grilhões)

1. shackle (restraint fit over a hand or foot)
2. (figurative) prison, captivity, bondage

Derived terms

• agrilhoar

Further reading

• “grilhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024