Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From caixa (“box”) + -ão, from Latin capsa (“box”), from capiō (“I seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (South Brazil) IPA: /kaj.ˈʃɐ̃õ/
caixão m (plural caixões)
- coffin