calabouço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calaboiço

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabozo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbo(w).su/ [ka.laˈbo(ʊ̯).su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbo(w).su/ [ka.laˈbo(ʊ̯).su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbo(w).so/ [ka.laˈbo(ʊ̯).so]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbo(w).su/ [kɐ.lɐˈβo(w).su]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbo(w).su/ [kɐ.lɐˈβo(w).su]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbow.su/ [kɐ.lɐˈβow.su]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈbo.su/ [kɐ.lɐˈβo.su]

• Rhymes: -owsu, -osu
• Hyphenation: ca‧la‧bou‧ço

Noun

calabouço m (plural calabouços)

1. dungeon (underground prison or vault)

   Synonym: masmorra

Further reading

• “calabouço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026