Noun: paletó
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | paletó |
| Plural m | paletós |
Sample Sentences
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Descalçou-se, metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado. (He took off his shoes, shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.) [1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 108:]
Nouns inflected like paletó
egocentrismo,
lantanídeo,
lantanídio,
miligrama,
flash card,
decímetro,
fingimento,
mililitro,
parassuicídio,
algómetro,
ancoradouro,
ancoradoiro,
escândalo,
sereio,
sereno,
sestro,
seguro,
senado,
enlatamento,
Dezembro, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French paletot, from English paltok. See: French Nouns '
paletot', English Nouns '
paltok'.
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