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. Doublet of soco and azoque. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oɡi, -owɡi, -oɡɨ, -owɡɨ Hyphenation: a‧çou‧gue === Noun === açougue m (plural açougues) (Brazil, dated in Portugal) butchershop Synonym: (Portugal) talho slaughterhouse Synonyms: matadouro, (Brazil) abatedouro (figuratively) massacre, killing (Brazil, informal) place or circumstance in which there is noise or disorder (Brazil, informal, derogatory) whorehouse, brothel (archaic) place where bread, vegetables and other basic goods were sold ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “açougue”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “açougue”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “açougue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026