telão

Portuguese

Etymology

Irregular augmentative of tela, from tela +‎ -ão. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English big screen.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: te‧lão

Noun

telão m (plural telões)

  1. augmentative of tela f
    Synonym: telona
  2. (Brazil) big screen
    Synonym: telona

Derived terms

  • telão-de-seda-azul

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