aço

Meaning

steel (alloy of iron and carbon)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
a‧ço
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈa.su/
Etymology

Back-formation from aceiro (“steely”), from Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs.

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