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sabão

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Etymology

    From Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (to pour out, drip, trickle, strain).

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
    • Hyphenation: sa‧bão

    Noun

    sabão m (plural sabões)

    1. soap

    Descendants

    References

    • Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 314, column 1
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