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-zão
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zao
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :af -z- -ão<id:augmentative>
From pt -z- -ão. Akin to es -zón.
Pronunciation
Suffix
m +
pt -ão used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone; more generically, used in agglutination, after the entire word, rather than in a fusion
pt -zinho
pt café coffee -zão cafezão big coffee
pt caqui persimmon -zão caquizão big persimmon
pt pá shovel -zona pazona big shovel
pt pão bread -zão pãozão big bread
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