matadouro
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom matar + -douro.[1][2] Compare Galician matadoiro.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧dou‧ro
Noun
editmatadouro m (plural matadouros)
- slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)
- Synonyms: açougue, (Brazil) abatedouro
- (Brazil, slang) a bedroom, referred to as a place for casual sex
References
edit- ^ “matadouro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “matadouro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024