pão

See also: pao, páo, paó, pào, pāo, pǎo, and pa'o

Portuguese
Diversos pães - Different breads

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pan, from Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis, possibly from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, graze”). (compare Catalan pa, French pain, Galician pan, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɐ̃w̃/
  • Hyphenation: pão
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

pão m (plural pães)

  1. bread
  2. (figuratively) food, sustenance
  3. (colloquial, dated) an attractive and elegant boy

Usage notes
  • (attractive boy): It is now considered outdated slang in Brazil, though perfectly understandable.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pão.

Descendants
Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: pom
  • (→ Kadiwéu: paon)
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: pãw
  • Malaccan Creole Portuguese: pang
  • (→ Marathi: पाव (pāv))
  • (→ Thai: ปัง (bpang))
  • (→ Tetum: paun)

See also
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