chavão
Portuguese
Etymology
From chave + -ão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈvɐ̃w̃/ [ʃaˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐˈvɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: cha‧vão
Noun
chavão m (plural chavões)
- Augmentative of chave (a large key)
- (cooking) cake mould
- (figuratively) standard, model
- Synonym: padrão
- (figuratively) cliché (overused phrase)
- Synonyms: clichê, lugar-comum