bão
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bao"
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From bom, which is from Old Galician-Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Adjective edit
bão (feminine boa, masculine plural bão, feminine plural boa)
- Pronunciation spelling of bom.
- 1993, Pedro Corrêa Cabral, Xambioá: Guerrilha no Araguaia, Editora Record:
- É um dismate na berada dum igarapé qui tem um poço bão de nóis toma um banho, fazê um fogo e dispois drumi.
- It is a clearing next to a small river where there is a good deep area for us to bathe in, start a fire and then sleep.
Interjection edit
bão?
- (colloquial, chiefly Caipira) how are you?
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 暴 (“violent; vicious”, SV: bạo).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
(classifier cơn) bão • (暴, 雹, 𣋰, 𩙕)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
bão
- (slang) to go to celebrate on the streets with motorbikes racing around the city (at times of national pride)
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