para-raios

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === pára-raios (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From para (“stops”) + raios (“lightnings”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧-rai‧os === Noun === para-raios m (invariable) lightning rod (metallic conductor that protects buildings from lightning) === Further reading === “para-raios”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “para-raios”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026