suadouro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• suadoiro

Etymology

From Latin sudatorium. By surface analysis, suar +‎ -douro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.aˈdo(w).ɾu/ [sʊ.aˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /swaˈdo(w).ɾu/ [swaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.aˈdo(w).ɾu/ [sʊ.aˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /swaˈdo(w).ɾu/ [swaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.aˈdo(w).ɾo/ [sʊ.aˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /swaˈdo(w).ɾo/ [swaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /swɐˈdo(w).ɾu/ [swɐˈðo(w).ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /swɐˈdo(w).ɾu/ [swɐˈðo(w).ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /swɐˈdow.ɾu/ [swɐˈðow.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /swɐˈdo.ɾu/ [swɐˈðo.ɾu]

• Rhymes: -owɾu
• Hyphenation: su‧a‧dou‧ro

Noun

suadouro m (plural suadouros)

1. the act of sweating
2. sweater (thing which causes to sweat)
3. (pharmacology) diaphoretic
4. dishwashing in warm water
5. warm footbath

   Synonym: escalda-pés

6. saddlecloth, usually one made of wool

   Synonym: xairel

7. (by extension) the back of a horse, where the saddle goes
8. (colloquial) handlebar grip
9. (colloquial) sauna
10. (colloquial, derogatory) sweatshop
11. (colloquial, figuratively) a very hot place or room
12. (Rio de Janeiro, crime, slang) a type of scam where a sex worker takes their client to a secluded place or room to rob them

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:suadouro.

Further reading

• “suadouro” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “suadouro” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “suadouro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “suadouro” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “suadouro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.