alcatrão

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic القَطْرَان (al-qaṭrān). Compare Spanish alquitrán. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧ca‧trão === Noun === alcatrão m (uncountable) tar (resinous substance composed of liquid pitch, resin and oil or tallow) (Portugal) asphalt (dark substance, with a liquid appearance and a strong smell, obtained from the distillation of certain resinous woods and coal, used in floor coverings) Synonym: asfalto ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bengali: আলকাতরা (alkatra) === Further reading === “alcatrão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alcatrão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “alcatrão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026