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balão

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See also: balaõ

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Middle French ballon
French ballonbor.
Portuguese balão

    Borrowed from French ballon.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    balão m (plural balões)

    1. balloon
    2. (chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)
    3. (Brazil) roundabout (road junction)
      Synonyms: rotatória, rotunda
    4. (Portugal, colloquial) breathalyzer
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:etilômetro
    5. (comics) speech bubble
    6. (soccer, colloquial) lob

    References

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    1. ^ “balão”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
    2. ^ “balão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

    Further reading

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