balcão

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian balcone (“balcony, scaffold”).^[1]^[2] Doublet of palco.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bawˈkɐ̃w̃/ [baʊ̯ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /balˈkɐ̃w̃/ [baɫˈkɐ̃w̃]

Hyphenation: bal‧cão
Audio (Brazil) (file)

Noun edit

balcão m (plural balcões)

counter
(architecture) balcony
Synonyms: sacada, varanda

References edit

^ “balcão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
^ “balcão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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