açude

See also: acude

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈsu.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈsu.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈsu.d(ɨ)/ [ɐˈsu.ð(ɨ)]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
  • Hyphenation: a‧çu‧de

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic السُّدّ‎‎ (as-sudd, “dam, dike”).

Noun

açude m (plural açudes)

  1. dam (structure built across a body of water)
    Synonyms: barragem, represa
  2. (Brazil) a small artificial lake
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Hunsrik: Assute (“weir”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

açude

  1. inflection of açudar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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