suadouro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- suadoiro
Etymology
From Latin sudatorium. By surface analysis, suar + -douro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.aˈdo(w).ɾu/ [sʊ.aˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /swaˈdo(w).ɾu/ [swaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.aˈdo(w).ɾo/ [sʊ.aˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /swaˈdo(w).ɾo/ [swaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /swɐˈdo(w).ɾu/ [swɐˈðo(w).ɾu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /swɐˈdow.ɾu/ [swɐˈðow.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /swɐˈdo.ɾu/ [swɐˈðo.ɾu]
- Rhymes: -owɾu
- Hyphenation: su‧a‧dou‧ro
Noun
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
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:suadouro.
Further reading
- “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.
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