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lavadouro

Portuguese

Lavadouro

Alternative forms

lavadoiro (older form)

Etymology

Alteration of lavadoiro, from Latin lavātōrium,^[1] thus a doublet of lavatório. By surface analysis, lavar +‎ -douro. Compare Galician lavadoiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈdo(w).ɾu/ [la.vaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈdo(w).ɾo/ [la.vaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdo(w).ɾu/ [lɐ.vɐˈðo(w).ɾu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐˈdow.ɾu/ [lɐ.βɐˈðow.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdo.ɾu/ [lɐ.vɐˈðo.ɾu]

Rhymes: -owɾu
Hyphenation: la‧va‧dou‧ro

Noun

lavadouro m (plural lavadouros)

lavoir, washing place; public or communal installation for washing clothes, frequently roofed
washboard

References

^ “lavadouro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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