saguão

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Portuguese

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Um saguão

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish zaguán,[1] from Andalusian Arabic إِسْطِوَان (ʔisṭiwān), from Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna, pillar).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧guão

Noun

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saguão m (plural saguões)

  1. foyer; lobby; entrance hall
  2. lightwell

Descendants

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  • Macanese: saguám

References

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  1. ^ saguão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Further reading

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