dobrão

Portuguese

Dobrões espanhóis (Spanish doubloons)

Dobrão usado por uma tocadora de berimbau (A dobrão being used by a berimbau player)

Etymology 1

From dobro +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈbɾɐ̃w̃/ [doˈbɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈbɾɐ̃w̃/ [duˈβɾɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

dobrão m (plural dobrões)

1. doubloon (former Spanish gold coin)
2. a gold coin minted by the Portuguese in the early 18th century
3. a copper coin formerly used in northeastern Brazil
4. (music) dobrão (a small piece of hard material (often a coin or pebble) pressed against the string of a berimbau in order to change its pitch and timbre)

   Synonym: moeda

Descendants

• → English: dobrão / dobrao

Etymology 2

Verb

dobrão

1. Obsolete spelling of dobram