balão

See also: balaõ

Portuguese edit

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balão

balões

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ballon.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlɐ̃w̃/ [baˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: ba‧lão

Noun edit

balão m (plural balões)

balloon
(chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)
(Brazil) roundabout (road junction)
Synonym: rotunda
(Portugal, colloquial) breathalyzer
Synonyms: alcoolímetro, (Portugal) alcoolómetro, (Brazil) alcoolômetro, (Portugal) etilómetro, (Brazil) etilômetro, (Portugal) bafómetro, (Brazil) bafômetro
(comics) speech bubble
(soccer, colloquial) lob

References edit

^ “balão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “balão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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