sabão

Portuguese

sabão

Etymology

From Latin sāpō, sāpōnem, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈbɐ̃w̃/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ˈβɐ̃w̃/
Hyphenation: sa‧bão

Noun

sabão m (plural sabões)

soap

Related terms

ensaboar
pedra-sabão
sabonete
sapólio

saponáceo
saponário
saponificação

saponificar
sabonificável
saponiforme

Descendants

Bengali: সাবান (saban)
Hindi: साबुन (sābun)
Japanese: シャボン (shabon, possibly from Early Modern Spanish xabon instead), サボテン (saboten)
Kannada: ಸಾಬೂನು (sābūnu)
Lao: ສະບູ່ (sa bū)

Malay: sabun
Sinhalese: සබන් (saban)
Thai: สบู่ (sà-bùu)
Urdu: صابن‎ (sābun)

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