suadouro
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sudatorium. By surface analysis, suar + -douro.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -owɾu
- Hyphenation: su‧a‧dou‧ro
Noun edit
suadouro m (plural suadouros)
- the act of sweating
- sweater (thing which causes to sweat)
- (pharmacology) diaphoretic
- dishwashing in warm water
- warm footbath
- Synonym: escalda-pés
- saddlecloth, usually one made of wool
- Synonym: xairel
- (by extension) the back of a horse, where the saddle goes
- (colloquial) handlebar grip
- (colloquial) sauna
- (colloquial, derogatory) sweatshop
- (colloquial, figuratively) a very hot place or room
- (Rio de Janeiro, crime, slang) a type of scam where a sex worker takes their client to a secluded place or room to rob them
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:suadouro.
Further reading edit
- “suadouro” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “suadouro” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “suadouro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “suadouro” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “suadouro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.