abatedouro

Portuguese

abatedouro

Alternative forms

• abatedoiro

Etymology

From abater (“to butcher”) +‎ -douro (suffix indicating location). Cognate with English and French abattoir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.teˈdo(w).ɾu/ [a.ba.teˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.teˈdo(w).ɾu/ [a.ba.teˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.teˈdo(w).ɾo/ [a.ba.teˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.tɨˈdo(w).ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.tɨˈðo(w).ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.tɨˈdo(w).ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.tɨˈðo(w).ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.tɨˈdow.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.tɨˈðow.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.tɨˈdo.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.tɨˈðo.ɾu]

• Rhymes: -owɾu
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧te‧dou‧ro

Noun

abatedouro m (plural abatedouros)

1. (Brazil) slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)

   Synonyms: açougue, matadouro

2. (Brazil, slang) a bedroom, referred to as a place for casual sex

Further reading

• “abatedouro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024