sótão
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese sotoo, sotão, from Vulgar Latin *subtulum, from Latin subtus[1]. Compare Galician soto (“ground floor; cellar”) and Spanish sótano (“cellar”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subtanus[2] (whence Italian sottano), itself also a derivative of subtus (“below”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sótão m (plural s)
References
- ^ “sótão” in iDicionário Aulete.
- ^ “sótão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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