aço

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aco"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: a‧ço
  • Homophone: asso

Etymology 1

Back-formation from aceiro (“steely”), from Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs.

Noun

aço m (plural aços)

  1. steel (alloy of iron and carbon)
  2. (figurative) very strong, very resistent
    nervos de aço ― nerves of steel
  3. (colloquial) cachaça
  4. (Azores) will, disposition, patience
    Synonym: vontade
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Back-formation from aça.

    Adjective

    aço (feminine aça, masculine plural aços, feminine plural aças)

    2. (Brazil) albino (congenitally lacking melanin)
      Synonyms: albino, aça

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