sobe-e-desce

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === sobe e desce (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) === Etymology === From sobe (“ascends”) + e (“and”) + desce (“descends”). === Pronunciation === Homophone: sobe e desce Hyphenation: so‧be‧-e‧-des‧ce === Noun === sobe-e-desce m (invariable) (European Portuguese spelling) (Portugal) seesaw (structure) Synonyms: (Portugal) balancé, (Brazil, Madeira) gangorra === Further reading === “sobe-e-desce”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “sobe-e-desce”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “sobe-e-desce”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026