baraço
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baraço / baraça (“rope”), from Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa, “rope”), from Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā, “rope”), from Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu, “rope”), from Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsu, “to tie”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈɾa.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈɾa.so/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈɾa.su/
- Hyphenation: ba‧ra‧ço
Noun
baraço m (plural baraços)(uncommon or dialectal)
Related terms
Further reading
- “baraço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “baraço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026