alcatrão
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic القَطْرَان (al-qaṭrān). Compare Spanish alquitrán.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: al‧ca‧trão
Noun
editalcatrão m (uncountable)
- tar (resinous substance composed of liquid pitch, resin and oil or tallow)
- (Portugal) asphalt (dark substance, with a liquid appearance and a strong smell, obtained from the distillation of certain resinous woods and coal, used in floor coverings)
- Synonym: asfalto
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Bengali: আলকাতরা (alkatra)
Further reading
edit- “alcatrão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “alcatrão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024