Polyglot Dictionary

calabouço

/kalaˈbowsu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os calabouços

Meaning

  1. dungeon

    • Prenderam-no no calabouço.

      They locked him in the dungeon.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

masmorra

calabouço and masmorra are close synonyms for "dungeon," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Kerker

Kerker is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dungeon."

German

Verlies

Verlies is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dungeon."

Spanish

mazmorra

mazmorra is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dungeon."

Practice

1 What does calabouço mean?

2 Fill the gap: Prenderam-no no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches calabouço?

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