varão

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Hyphenation: va‧rão === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese varon, baron, from Latin barōnem. Doublet of barão. ==== Alternative forms ==== barão ==== Noun ==== varão m (plural varões, feminine varoa or virago, feminine plural varoas or viragos) (now literary, poetic) male, man (person of the masculine sex) ==== Adjective ==== varão (feminine varoa or virago, masculine plural varões, feminine plural varoas or viragos) (now literary, poetic) male (of the masculine sex) ==== Usage notes ==== The feminine forms varoa and virago mean “masculine woman”. === Etymology 2 === From vara (“stick”) +‎ -ão. ==== Noun ==== varão m (plural varões) handrail, rail pole === Further reading === “varão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “varão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “varão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026