caldeirão
Portuguese
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Etymology
caldeira + -ão; compare Italian calderone, French chaudron; cf. also Spanish calderón.
Pronunciation
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Noun
caldeirão m (plural caldeirões)
- cauldron
- (geology) pothole
- (figurative) melting pot (place where many divergent things come together)