alfinete-de-dama
See also: alfinete de dama
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “lady’s pin”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˌne.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒiˈdɐ̃.mɐ/ [aʊ̯.fiˌne.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒiˈdɐ̃.mɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˌne.te.deˈdɐ.ma/ [aʊ̯.fiˌne.te.deˈdɐ.ma]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fiˌne.tɨ.dɨˈdɐ.mɐ/ [aɫ.fiˌne.tɨ.ðɨˈðɐ.mɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fiˌne.tɨ.dɨˈda.mɐ/ [aɫ.fiˌne.tɨ.ðɨˈða.mɐ]
- Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te‧-de‧-da‧ma
Noun
alfinete-de-dama m (plural alfinetes-de-dama)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of alfinete de dama; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Further reading
- “alfinete-de-dama”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “alfinete-de-dama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026