bão

See also: bao, báo, bào, bǎo, and bāo

Portuguese

Etymology

From bom, which is from Old Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃w̃/

Adjective

bão (feminine singular boa, masculine plural bão, feminine plural boa, comparable)

1. (Brazil, chiefly Caipira) Pronunciation spelling of bom.
   • 1993, Pedro Corrêa Cabral, Xambioá: Guerrilha no Araguaia, Editora Record:

     É um dismate na berada dum igarapé qui tem um poço bão de nóis toma um banho, fazê um fogo e dispois drumi.

     It is a clearing next to a small river where there is a good deep area for us to bathe in, start a fire and then sleep.

2. (Portugal, hypercorrect) Alternative form of bom

Interjection

bão?

1. (colloquial, chiefly Caipira) how are you?

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 暴 (“violent; vicious”; SV: bạo).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cơn) bão • (暴, 雹, 𣋰, 𩙕)

1. (weather) storm
2. (medicine) colicky pain (in the abdomen)

Derived terms

• bão cát (“sandstorm”)
• bão tố (“gale”)
• bão tuyết (“snowy storm”)
• bão từ (“geomagnetic storm”)

 

Verb

bão

1. (slang) to go to celebrate on the streets with motorbikes racing around the city (at times of national pride)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• đi bão
• gió bão
• mưa bão