açougue

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic اَلسُّوق‎ (as-sūq, “the market, the souq”), from Aramaic שוקא‎ or ܫܘܩܐ‎ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒀀𒆪 (sāqu, “narrow”). Cognate with Galician azougue, Spanish zoco and Maltese suq.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈso(w).ɡi/ [aˈso(ʊ̯).ɡi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈso(w).ɡe/ [aˈso(ʊ̯).ɡe]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈso(w).ɡɨ/ [ɐˈso(w).ɣɨ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈsow.ɡɨ/ [ɐˈsow.ɣɨ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈso.ɡɨ/ [ɐˈso.ɣɨ]

  • Hyphenation: a‧çou‧gue

Noun

açougue m (plural açougues)

  1. (Brazil, dated in Portugal) butchershop
    Synonym: (Portugal) talho
  2. slaughterhouse
    Synonyms: matadouro, (Brazil) abatedouro
  3. massacre
  4. (Brazil) whorehouse

Derived terms
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