Noun: sertão
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | sertão |
| Plural m | sertões |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like sertão
sermão,
sertão,
sardão,
saguão,
salmão,
comunhão,
ciclotrão,
furacão,
melocotão,
mergulhão,
empurrão,
criovulcão,
botijão,
batelão,
bastião,
pelotão,
zircão,
zilião,
zilhão,
papelão, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Uncertain, possible shortening of desertão (“big desert”) (which is from deserto + -ão). Alternatively, possibly from Latin sertānus. Another hypothesis suggests borrowing from Kimbundu muxitu or muchitum, first adapted into Portuguese as "muceltão" and later evolving into its modern form See: Latin Nouns '
sertānus'.
Verbs referencing "sertão"
English Nouns
sertão.
Translations