aço
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aco"
Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
[edit]Back-formation from aceiro (“steely”), from Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs.
Noun
[edit]aço m (plural aços)
- steel (alloy of iron and carbon)
- (figurative) very strong, very resistent
- nervos de aço ― nerves of steel
- (colloquial) cachaça
- (Azores) will, disposition, patience
- Synonym: vontade
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from aça.
Adjective
[edit]aço (feminine aça, masculine plural aços, feminine plural aças)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “aço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “aço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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