abatedouro

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === abatedoiro === Etymology === From abater (“to butcher”) +‎ -douro (suffix indicating location). Cognate with English and French abattoir. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -owɾu Hyphenation: a‧ba‧te‧dou‧ro === Noun === abatedouro m (plural abatedouros) (Brazil) slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered) Synonyms: açougue, matadouro (Brazil, slang) a bedroom, referred to as a place for casual sex === Further reading === “abatedouro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “abatedouro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026