gamão

Portuguese

Etymology

From English gammon.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmɐ̃w̃/ [ɡaˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈmɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: ga‧mão

Noun

gamão m (uncountable)

1. backgammon (board game)

Further reading

• “gamão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gamão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026