abatedouro

Portuguese

abatedouro

Etymology

Abater (“to butcher”) with -douro (“suffix indicating location”), of abater, from Vulgar Latin *abbatuere or *abattere, from Latin ad (“to”) with battuere (“beat”). Cognate with English and French abattoir.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): [aˌbatɯˈdowɾu]
(Brazil) IPA^(key): [aˌbateˈdo(w)ɾu]
- (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [aˌbateˈdowɾo]
Hyphenation: a‧ba‧te‧dou‧ro

Noun

abatedouro m (plural abatedouros)

slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)

Synonyms

matadouro

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