grão
Meaning
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- (masculine) grain, seed of various grass crops
- (masculine) grain, similar particles of any substance
- (historical,masculine) grao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm
- (historical,masculine) grao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese grão, from Latin grānum. Cognate with Galician gran, Spanish grano, and Catalan gra.
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