vazão
See also: vazaõ
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- vazaõ (obsolete)
Etymology
From vazar (“to leak”) + -ão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Homophone: vasão
Noun
vazão f (plural vazões)
- emptying (the act of removing all fluid from a container)
- (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)
- (by extension) flow (movement of people or things in a particular direction)
Synonyms
- (discharge): descarga
- (flow): fluxo
Related terms
- esvaziar
- vazar
- vazio
Verb
vazão
- Obsolete spelling of vazam