colchão
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From colcha + -ão. Cognate with Spanish colchón.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]colchão m (plural colchões)
- mattress (a piece of furniture where one sleeps, with a covering of sponge or other flexible material or even springs, and which is generally placed on top of a bed frame)
- air mattress
- (figuratively) contingency fund, reserve fund (funds set aside to meet possible needs)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Konkani: कुलचांव (kulcāuva)
Further reading
[edit]- “colchão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “colchão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024