açude

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See also: acude

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic السُّدّ (as-sudd, “dam, dike”).[1][2] Compare Spanish azud and Catalan assut.

Noun[edit]

açude m (plural açudes)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

açude

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ “açude” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “açude” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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