açougue

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic اَلسُّوق‎ (as-sūq, “the market, the souq”), from Aramaic שוקא‎ or ܫܘܩܐ‎ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒀀𒆪 (sāqu, “narrow”). Cognate with Galician azougue, Spanish zoco and Maltese suq.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈso(w).ɡi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈso(w).ɣɨ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧çou‧gue

Noun

açougue m (plural açougues)

  1. butchershop
  2. slaughterhouse
  3. massacre
  4. (Brazil) whorehouse

Derived terms

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