betão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French béton (“concrete”), from Latin bitūmen (“asphalt”), from Gaulish *bitu.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
  • Hyphenation: be‧tão

Noun

betão m (plural betões)

  1. (chiefly Portugal) concrete (building material)

Synonyms

Further reading
  • “betão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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