Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gallão (obsolete)

Noun

galão m (plural galões)

1. gallon (a unit of volume used for liquids)
2. (Brazil) any large liquid container
3. (Portugal) hot drink made of espresso and foamed milk

Hyponyms

• (gallon): galão imperial, galão americano

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French galon ‎(“braid”).

Noun

galão m (plural galões)

1. galloon

Etymology 3

galo ‎(“rooster”) +‎ -ão

Noun

galão m (plural galões)

1. Augmentative of galo