colchão

Portuguese

colchão

Etymology

From colcha +‎ -ão. Cognate with Spanish colchón.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kolˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [koɫˈʃɐ̃w̃], /kɔlˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [kɔɫˈʃɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kolˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [koɫˈʃɐ̃w̃], /kɔlˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [kɔɫˈʃɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kolˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/ [koɫˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃], /kɔlˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/ [kɔɫˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Homophone: coxão (Brazil, with w-dropping)
• Hyphenation: col‧chão

Noun

colchão m (plural colchões)

1. mattress (a piece of furniture where one sleeps, with a covering of sponge or other flexible material or even springs, and which is generally placed on top of a bed frame)
2. air mattress
3. (figuratively) contingency fund, reserve fund (funds set aside to meet possible needs)

Derived terms

• colchoaria

 

Descendants

• → Konkani: कुलचांव (kulcāuva)

Further reading

• “colchão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “colchão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024