sarao

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese serão or Galician sarao (“party or gathering held in the evening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɾao/ [saˈɾa.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: sa‧ra‧o

Noun

sarao m (plural saraos)

1. party, soiree
2. fuss, big thing

Descendants

• → Catalan: sarau

Further reading

• “sarao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28