pão

See also pao, pāo, páo, pǎo, and pào

Portuguese

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Diversos pães - Different breads

Etymology

From Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis. (cf. Catalan pa, French pain, Galician pan, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /pə̃ʊ/
• IPA: /pãw/

Noun

pão m (plural pães)

1. bread
2. (figuratively) food, sustenance
3. (colloquial) an attractive and elegant boy

Descendants

• Gujarati: પાઉં (paauun)
• Hindi: पाव (pāv)
• Japanese: パン (pan)
• Korean: 빵 (ppang)
• Marathi: पाव (pāv)
• Taiwanese: pháng

Usage notes

• (attractive boy): It is now considered an outdated slang in Brazil, though perfectly understandable.

See also

• casa onde não há pão, todos ralham e ninguém tem razão