surrão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese çarron of uncertain origin. Maybe from Paleo-Hispanic (compare Basque zorro (“sack”)).

Cognate with Galician zurrón, Mirandese çurron, Asturian and Spanish zurrón.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈʁɐ̃w̃/ [suˈhɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suˈʁɐ̃w̃/ [suˈχɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈʁɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: sur‧rão

Noun

surrão m (plural surrões)

a shepherd’s leather bag

Further reading

“surrão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“surrão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026