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aço

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Portuguese

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aço

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from aceiro (steely), from Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs.

Noun

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aço m (plural aços)

  1. steel (alloy of iron and carbon)
  2. (figurative) very strong, very resistent
    nervos de açonerves of steel
  3. (colloquial) cachaça
  4. (Azores) will, disposition, patience
    Synonym: vontade
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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    Back-formation from aça.

    Adjective

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    aço (feminine aça, masculine plural aços, feminine plural aças)

    1. (Brazil) albino (congenitally lacking melanin)
      Synonyms: albino, aça

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