pão
Meaning
- (masculine) bread
- (figuratively,masculine) food, sustenance
- (colloquial,masculine) an attractive or hot man
- (Portugal,dated,masculine,slang) punch
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pan, from Latin pānem. Compare Galician, Asturian, Leonese, and Spanish pan, Catalan pa, French pain, Italian pane, and Romanian pâine.
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