à vontade

See also: à-vontade

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “at will/wish”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a võˈta.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a võˈta.de/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /a võˈta.dɨ/ [a võˈta.ðɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /a bõˈta.dɨ/ [a βõˈta.ðɨ]

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
Hyphenation: à von‧ta‧de

Prepositional phrase

comfortable, at ease, free (feeling comfortable)
Fique à vontade. ― Make yourself at home.

Derived terms

à vontadinha
à-vontade
pôr-se à vontade

Interjection

(military) A voice command letting troops rest.

Further reading

“vontade”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“à vontade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026