castelão

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Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin castellānum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

castelão m (plural castelãos, feminine castelãa, feminine plural castelãas)

  1. Castilian

Noun[edit]

castelão m (plural castelãos)

  1. castellan (caretaker of a castle)

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: castelán
  • Portuguese: castelão

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese castelão (compare Galician castelán), from Latin castellānus, corresponding to castelo +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lão

Noun[edit]

castelão m (plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine castelã or (rare) castelona or (rare) casteloa, feminine plural castelãs or (rare) castelonas or (rare) casteloas)

  1. (obsolete) a feudal lord who owns a castle
  2. castellan (caretaker of a castle)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese castelão, corresponding to Castela +‎ -ão. Doublet of castelhano. Compare Galician castelán.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lão

Noun[edit]

castelão m (plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine castelã or (rare) castelona, feminine plural castelãs or (rare) castelonas)

  1. (dated) Castilian (native of Castile, Spain)
    Synonym: castelhano

Adjective[edit]

castelão (feminine castelã, masculine plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine plural castelãs)

  1. (dated) Castilian (of or relating to Castile)
    Synonym: castelhano

Etymology 3[edit]

From castelo +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

castelão m (plural castelões)

  1. Augmentative of castelo
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