botaréu
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.taˈɾɛw/ [bo.taˈɾɛʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.tɐˈɾɛw/
- Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧réu
Noun
botaréu m (plural botaréus)
- (architecture) buttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- Synonym: contraforte
Further reading
- “botaréu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “botaréu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026