terraço

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈʁa.su/ [teˈha.su]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teˈʁa.su/ [teˈχa.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈʁa.so/ [teˈha.so]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈʁa.su/

Rhymes: -asu
Hyphenation: ter‧ra‧ço

Noun

terraço m (plural terraços)

terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)
Synonym: varanda
terrace (flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides)
terrace (roof of a building)

Further reading

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