sabão

Portuguese

sabão

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbɐ̃w̃/ [saˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈbɐ̃w̃/ [sɐˈβɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: sa‧bão

Noun

sabão m (plural sabões)

1. soap

Related terms

• ensaboar
• pedra-sabão
• sabonete
• sapólio
• saponáceo
• saponário
• saponificação
• saponificar
• sabonificável
• saponiforme

Descendants

• → Okinawan: サフン (safun)
• →? Min Nan: 雪文 (sap-bûn)
  • → Amis: safon
  • → Kavalan: sabun
  • → Puyuma: sabun
  • → Tsou: savungu