inchaço

Portuguese

Etymology

From inchar +‎ -aço. Compare Galician inchazo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈʃa.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈʃa.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈʃa.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈʃa.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈʃa.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈt͡ʃa.su/

• Rhymes: -asu
• Hyphenation: in‧cha‧ço

Noun

inchaço m (plural inchaços)

1. swelling (abnormally swollen part of the body)

Related terms

• inchar
• inchação

Further reading

• “inchaço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026