balcão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian balcone (“scaffold”), from Lombardic balko, from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Cognate to Portuguese palco.

Noun

balcão m (plural balcões)

1. counter
2. balcony

Synonyms

• (balcony): sacada, varanda