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abano.

fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈbɐ̃.nu/Brazil/ɐˈbɐ.nu/Portugal[ɐˈβɐ.nu]Portugal/ɐˈba.nu/Northern, Portugal

  1. fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)

    masculine

  2. the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old Galician-Portuguese a- Portuguese a- Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Proto-Italic *watnosder.? Latin vannus Portuguese abano From a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).

verb

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abanar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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