Masculine

caldeirão

Meaning

  1. (masculine) cauldron
  2. (masculine) pothole
  3. (figuratively, masculine) melting pot (place where many divergent things come together)
  4. (masculine) fermata

Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaw.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Etymology

In summary

From caldeira + -ão; compare Italian calderone, French chaudron; cf. also Spanish calderón.

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