cadeirão

Portuguese

Etymology

From cadeira +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ka.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.dɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kɐ.ðɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kɐ.ðejˈɾɐ̃w̃]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kɐ.ðejˈɾɐ̃w̃]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.deˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kɐ.ðeˈɾɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧dei‧rão

Noun

cadeirão m (plural cadeirões)

  1. augmentative of cadeira
  2. armchair
    Synonym: poltrona
  3. (Portugal, university slang) a difficult subject (at the university)
    Eletromagnetismo é o cadeirão do curso. Quase ninguém passa à primeira.
    Electromagnetism is the most difficult subject of the course. Hardly anyone passes at the first attempt.

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