curtume

Portuguese

Etymology

From curtir +‎ -ume.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈtũ.mi/ [kuhˈtũ.mi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈtũ.mi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈtũ.mi/ [kuχˈtũ.mi]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kuɻˈtũ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈtu.me/ [kuhˈtu.me]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈtu.mɨ/

Hyphenation: cur‧tu‧me

Noun

curtume m (plural curtumes)

tannery
tanning (of leather)

Related terms

curtir

Further reading

“curtume”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“curtume”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026