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tão meaning in English

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tão adverb

as(to such an extent or degree)
adverb
[UK: əz] [US: ˈæz]

so much(to a certain degree or extent)
adverb
[UK: ˈsəʊ ˈmʌtʃ] [US: ˈsoʊ ˈmʌtʃ]

that(to a given extent or degree)
adverb
[UK: ðæt] [US: ˈðæt]

tão logo conjunction

as soon as(immediately after)
conjunction
[UK: əz suːn əz] [US: ˈæz ˈsuːn ˈæz]

once(as soon as)
conjunction
[UK: wʌns] [US: ˈwəns]

-istão

-stan(used in actual place names)

adustão noun
{f}

adustion(the act of burning or heating to dryness)
noun

Afeganistão proper noun
{m}

Afghanistan(country)
proper noun
[UK: æf.ˌɡæ.nɪ.ˈstɑːn] [US: æf.ˈɡæ.nə.ˌstæn]

anticristão adjective

anti-Christian(opposed to Christians or Christianity)
adjective

antifotão noun
{m}

antiphoton(the antiparticle of a photon (identical to a photon))
noun

antiprotão noun
{m}

antiproton [antiprotons](antiparticle of the proton)
noun
[UK: ˌantɪprˈəʊtɒn] [US: ˌæntɪprˈoʊtɑːn]

arrastão noun
{m}

dragnet [dragnets](net dragged across the bottom)
noun
[UK: ˈdræɡ.net] [US: ˈdræg.ˌnet]

trawler [trawlers](fishing boat)
noun
[UK: ˈtrɔː.lə(r)] [US: ˈtrɒ.lər]

trawling(fishing technique)
noun
[UK: ˈtrɔːl.ɪŋ] [US: ˈtrɔːrl.ɪŋ]

até então adverb

thitherto((archaic) thereto, to that point)
adverb
[UK: ˈðɪ.ðə.ˈtuː] [US: ˌθɪ.ðər.ˈtuː]

autogestão noun
{f}

self-management(joint control by workers and management)
noun
[UK: self ˈmæ.nɪdʒ.mənt] [US: ˈself ˈmæ.nədʒ.mənt]

bantustão noun
{m}

bantustan(territory defined as a homeland for black South Africans)
noun

Bashkortostão proper noun

Bashkortostan(federal subject of Russia)
proper noun
[UK: bæʃˈkɔːtəˌstɑːn] [US: bæʃˈkɔːtəˌstɑːn]

bastão noun
{m}

baton [batons](military staff of office)
noun
[UK: ˈbæ.tɒn] [US: bə.ˈtɑːn]

rod [rods](straight round stick, shaft, or bar)
noun
[UK: rɒd] [US: ˈrɑːd]

stick [sticks](cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc))
noun
[UK: stɪk] [US: ˈstɪk]

bastão de beisebol noun
{m}

baseball bat(device which is swung to try to make contact with baseballs)
noun
[UK: ˈbeɪs.bɔːl bæt] [US: ˈbeɪs.bɒl ˈbæt]

bastão de doces noun
{m}

candy cane [candy canes](candy in the shape of a cane)
noun

bastão de Esculápio noun
{m}

Aesculapian staff(symbol of the medical profession)
noun

bastão de selfie noun

selfie stick(extendable arm to hold a camera)
noun

betão noun
{m}

concrete(building material)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒŋ.kriːt] [US: kən.ˈkriːt]

betão pré-esforçado noun

prestressed concrete(concrete which has been prestressed)
noun

botão noun

bud [buds](newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded)
noun
[UK: bʌd] [US: ˈbəd]

botão noun
{m}

button [buttons](knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
noun
[UK: ˈbʌt.n̩] [US: ˈbʌt.n̩]

botão de opção noun
{m}

radio button(selction button in graphical user interface)
noun

botão de punho noun
{m}

cufflink(button used to hold a sleeve cuff together)
noun
[UK: ˈkʌ.flɪŋk] [US: ˈkʌ.flɪŋk]

botão de rádio noun
{m}

radio button(selction button in graphical user interface)
noun

bretão adjective

Breton(pertaining to Brittany)
adjective
[UK: ˈbre.tən] [US: ˈbre.tən]

bretão noun
{m}

Breton [Bretons](person from Brittany)
noun
[UK: ˈbre.tən] [US: ˈbre.tən]

Butão proper noun

Bhutan(Himalayan country)
proper noun
[UK: buː.ˈtɑːn] [US: ˌbuː.ˈtæn]

cafetão noun

hustler [hustlers](a pimp)
noun
[UK: ˈhʌ.slə(r)] [US: ˈhʌ.sə.lər]

cafetão noun
{m}

fishmonger [fishmongers](archaic: a pimp)
noun
[UK: ˈfɪ.ʃmʌŋ.ɡə(r)] [US: ˈfɪʃ.ˌmɑːŋ.ɡər]

pimp [pimps](prostitution solicitor)
noun
[UK: pɪmp] [US: ˈpɪmp]

caixotão noun
{m}

coffer(architecture: ornamental sunken panel)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒ.fə(r)] [US: ˈkɒ.fər]

cantão noun

block [blocks](section of a railroad where the block system is used)
noun
[UK: ˈblɒk] [US: ˈblɑːk]

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