verão
See also: veraõ
Old Galician-Portuguese
    
    Etymology
    
From Vulgar Latin *veranum (tempus), from Latin vēr (“spring”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /βeˈɾã.u/
Noun
    
verão m (plural verãos)
Portuguese
    
    Alternative forms
    
- veraõ (obsolete)
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [veˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: ve‧rão
Etymology 1
    
From Old Galician-Portuguese verão (“spring”), from Vulgar Latin *veranum (tempus), from Latin vēr (“spring”), from earlier *veror, from Proto-Italic *wezor, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥ (“spring”). Compare Galician verán, Spanish verano and Romanian vară.
Alternative forms
    
- Verão (pre-1990 spelling)
Noun
    
verão m (plural verões or (dated) verãos)
- summer
- Synonym: estio
 -  2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 127:- A segurança está cem vezes mais rigorosa este verão.- The security is a hundred times more severe this summer.
 
 
 
See also
    
| Seasons in Portuguese · estações, sazões (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| primavera (“spring”) | verão (“summer”) | outono (“autumn”) | inverno (“winter”) | 
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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