latão

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Portuguese[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: la‧tão

Etymology 1[edit]

From lata (“can”) +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Noun[edit]

latão m (plural latões)

  1. Augmentative of lata
    Synonym: latona
Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:latão.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old French laton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). Compare Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).

Noun[edit]

latão m (uncountable)

  1. brass (alloy of copper and zinc)
Quotations[edit]

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