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)

Derived terms

açougueiro

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