alfinete-de-bebé
See also: alfinete de bebé
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “baby’s pin”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˌne.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.beˈbɛ/ [aʊ̯.fiˌne.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.beˈbɛ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˌne.te.de.beˈbɛ/ [aʊ̯.fiˌne.te.de.beˈbɛ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fiˌne.tɨ.dɨ.bɨˈbɛ/ [aɫ.fiˌne.tɨ.ðɨ.βɨˈβɛ]
- Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te‧-de‧-be‧bé
Noun
alfinete-de-bebé m (plural alfinetes-de-bebé)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of alfinete de ama; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Further reading
- “alfinete-de-bebé”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “alfinete-de-bebé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026