sarao

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese serão or Galician sarao (“party or gathering held in the evening”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saˈɾao/ [saˈɾa.o]
Rhymes: -ao
Syllabification: sa‧ra‧o

Noun

sarao m (plural saraos)

party, soiree
fuss, big thing

Descendants

→ Catalan: sarau

Further reading

“sarao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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