lavadouro
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- lavadoiro (older form)
Etymology
editAlteration of lavadoiro, from Latin lavātōrium,[1] thus a doublet of lavatório. By surface analysis, lavar + -douro. Compare Galician lavadoiro.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: la‧va‧dou‧ro
Noun
editlavadouro m (plural lavadouros)
- lavoir, washing place; public or communal installation for washing clothes, frequently roofed
- washboard
References
edit- ^ “lavadouro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024