bandejão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

bandeijão (misspelling)

Etymology

From bandeja (“tray”) +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/ [bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈdɐ(j).ʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: ban‧de‧jão

Noun

bandejão m (plural bandejões)

augmentative of bandeja
Synonym: bandejona
(Brazil, colloquial) cafeteria; canteen
Synonym: cantina
(Brazil, colloquial) university restaurant
Synonym: RU

Further reading

“bandejão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bandejão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026