avejão
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.veˈʒɐ̃w̃/ [a.veˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vɨˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Etymology 1
From ave + -(j)ão.
Noun
avejão m (plural avejões)
- (irregular) Augmentative of ave
Etymology 2
From Latin vīsiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet visão.
Noun
avejão m (plural avejões)
- apparition; ghost (spirit appearing after death)
- Synonyms: fantasma, abentesma, aparição, espectro, (literary) simulacro
Related terms
- ver