dobrão
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From dobro + -ão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈbɾɐ̃w̃/ [doˈbɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /duˈbɾɐ̃w̃/ [duˈβɾɐ̃w̃]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Noun
dobrão m (plural dobrões)
- doubloon (former Spanish gold coin)
- a gold coin minted by the Portuguese in the early 18th century
- a copper coin formerly used in northeastern Brazil
- (music) dobrão (a small piece of hard material (often a coin or pebble) pressed against the string of a berimbau in order to change its pitch and timbre)
- Synonym: moeda
Descendants
- → English: dobrão / dobrao
Verb
dobrão
- Obsolete spelling of dobram