alvacento
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From alvo (“white”), from Latin albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.vaˈsẽ.tu/ [aʊ̯.vaˈsẽ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.vaˈsẽ.to/ [aʊ̯.vaˈsẽ.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.vɐˈsẽ.tu/ [aɫ.vɐˈsẽ.tu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.bɐˈsẽ.tu/ [aɫ.βɐˈsẽ.tu]
Adjective
alvacento (feminine alvacenta, masculine plural alvacentos, feminine plural alvacentas)
- whitish
- Synonyms: esbranquiçado, branqueado
Related terms
Further reading
- “alvacento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “alvacento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026