correntão

Portuguese

Etymology

From corrente +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ʁẽˈtɐ̃w̃/ [ko.hẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.ʁẽˈtɐ̃w̃/ [ko.χẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ʁẽˈtɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: cor‧ren‧tão

Noun

correntão m (plural correntões)

  1. augmentative of corrente
    Synonym: correntona
  3. (Brazil) a deforestation technique where a large metal chain is attached to two tractors and dragged over vegetation
    • 2025 May 6, Hiparidi Top Tiro, quotee, “Abaixo-assinado pede aprovação urgente de projeto que proíbe uso do ‘correntão’ [Petition asks for urgent approvation of project that prohibits the use of ‘correntão’]”, in Nathallia Fonseca, editor, Brasil de Fato‎[1], São Paulo, archived from the original on 7 May 2025:
      O correntão é uma ferramenta de extermínio ambiental e precisa ser banido de forma definitiva. Não há mais tempo para conivência com essa destruição […]
      The “correntão” is a tool of environmental extermination and needs to be banned in a definite manner. There's no time for complicity with this destruction.

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