brulote
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾuˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾuˈlɔ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾuˈlɔ.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: bru‧lo‧te
Noun
brulote m (plural brulotes)
- (historical) fireship (wooden ship set on fire and sent floating into an enemy flotilla)
Further reading
- “brulote”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “brulote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- brulot (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾuˈlote/ [bɾuˈlo.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: bru‧lo‧te
Noun
brulote m (plural brulotes)
- fireship [from 17th c.]
Further reading
- “brulote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025