rodilhão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ho.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ho.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [χo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.diˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ʁu.ðiˈʎɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: ro‧di‧lhão

Etymology 1

From rodilla +‎ -ão.

Noun

rodilhão m (plural rodilhões)

1. a large castor
2. wheel of a wheelbarrow
3. small wheelbarrow used to transport stones from the hill
4. (regional) atafona's constituent part
5. (Trás-os-Montes) (strip of meat from a steer or veal that takes up part of the belly and the front of the animal's ribs)

   Synonym: rodeão

6. (regional) intriguer; gossip
7. (informal) confusion

Etymology 2

From rodilho +‎ -ão.

Noun

rodilhão m (plural rodilhões)

1. Augmentative of rodilho