caldeirão

See also: Caldeirão

Portuguese

Etymology

From caldeira +‎ -ão; compare Italian calderone, French chaudron; cf. also Spanish calderón.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaw.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaʊ̯.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kal.dɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.dɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kal.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kal.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.dejˈɾɐ̃w̃]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kal.deˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [kaɫ.deˈɾɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: cal‧dei‧rão

Noun

caldeirão m (plural caldeirões)

  1. cauldron
  2. (geology) pothole
  3. (figurative) melting pot (place where many divergent things come together)
  4. (music) fermata
    Synonym: fermata

Further reading

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