açougue

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic اَلسُّوق (as-sūq, “the market, the souq”), from Aramaic שוקא or ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒀀𒆪 (sāqu, “narrow”). Cognate with Galician azougue, Spanish zoco and Maltese suq.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈso(w).ɡi/ [aˈso(ʊ̯).ɡi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈso(w).ɡi/ [aˈso(ʊ̯).ɡi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈso(w).ɡe/ [aˈso(ʊ̯).ɡe]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈso(w).ɡɨ/ [ɐˈso(w).ɣɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈso(w).ɡɨ/ [ɐˈso(w).ɣɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsow.ɡɨ/ [ɐˈsow.ɣɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈso.ɡɨ/ [ɐˈso.ɣɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧çou‧gue

Noun

açougue m (plural açougues)

1. (Brazil, dated in Portugal) butchershop

   Synonym: (Portugal) talho

2. slaughterhouse

   Synonyms: matadouro, (Brazil) abatedouro

3. massacre
4. (Brazil) whorehouse

Derived terms

• açougueiro