cadarço
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cadarzo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈdaʁ.su/ [kaˈdah.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaˈdaɾ.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈdaʁ.su/ [kaˈdaχ.su]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /kaˈdaɻ.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈdaʁ.so/ [kaˈdah.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈdaɾ.su/ [kɐˈðaɾ.su]
- Hyphenation: ca‧dar‧ço
Noun
cadarço m (plural cadarços)
- floss silk (thread or string made from cocoon dregs or other types of silk waste)
- fabric made from this thread
- narrow strip of fabric
- Synonym: nastro
- tie (string for tying)
- (Brazil) shoelace
Further reading
- “cadarço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cadarço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026