sabão

Portuguese

sabão

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbɐ̃w̃/ [saˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈbɐ̃w̃/ [sɐˈβɐ̃w̃]

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: sa‧bão

Noun

sabão m (plural sabões)

soap

Related terms

ensaboar
pedra-sabão
sabonete
sapólio
saponáceo
saponário
saponificação
saponificar
sabonificável
saponiforme

Descendants

→ Okinawan: サフン (safun)
→? Min Nan: 雪文 (sap-bûn)
- → Amis: safon
- → Kavalan: sabun
- → Puyuma: sabun
- → Tsou: savungu

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