chavão

Portuguese

Etymology

From chave +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈvɐ̃w̃/ [ʃaˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Hyphenation: cha‧vão

Noun

chavão m (plural chavões)

  1. augmentative of chave (a large key)
  2. (cooking) cake mould
  3. (figuratively) standard, model
    Synonym: padrão
  4. (figuratively) cliché (overused phrase)
    Synonyms: clichê, lugar-comum

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