colchão

Portuguese
colchão

Etymology

From colcha +‎ -ão. Cognate with Spanish colchón.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko(w)ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [koɫˈʃɐ̃w̃], /kɔlˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [kɔɫˈʃɐ̃w̃]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/ [koɫˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃], /kɔlˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/ [kɔɫˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: col‧chão
  • Homophone: coxão (Brazil, with w-dropping)

Noun

colchão m (plural colchões)

  1. mattress

Derived terms
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