sorvedouro
Portuguese
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- Hyphenation: sor‧ve‧dou‧ro
Noun
editsorvedouro m (plural sorvedouros)
- whirlpool (swirling body of water)
- (figurative) drain (something consuming resources and providing nothing in return)
References
edit- ^ “sorvedouro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “sorvedouro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024