entreaberto
Portuguese
Etymology
Equivalent to entre- + aberto. Compare Spanish entreabierto and French entrouvert.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛʁ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛh.tu], /ˌẽ.tɾi.aˈbɛʁ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾɪ.aˈbɛh.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ˌẽ.tɾjaˈbɛʁ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾjaˈbɛh.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛɾ.tu/, /ˌẽ.tɾi.aˈbɛɾ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾɪ.aˈbɛɾ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ˌẽ.tɾjaˈbɛɾ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛʁ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛχ.tu], /ˌẽ.tɾi.aˈbɛʁ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾɪ.aˈbɛχ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ˌẽ.tɾjaˈbɛʁ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾjaˈbɛχ.tu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛɻ.tu/, /ˌẽ.tɾi.aˈbɛɻ.tu/ [ˌẽ.tɾɪ.aˈbɛɻ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ˌẽ.tɾjaˈbɛɻ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛʁ.to/ [ˌẽ.tɾe.aˈbɛh.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.tɾi.ɐˈbɛɾ.tu/ [ẽ.tɾi.ɐˈβɛɾ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾjɐˈbɛɾ.tu/ [ẽ.tɾjɐˈβɛɾ.tu]
- Hyphenation: en‧tre‧a‧ber‧to
Adjective
entreaberto (feminine entreaberta, masculine plural entreabertos, feminine plural entreabertas)
- ajar (slightly turned or opened)
- A porta estava entreaberta quando ele chegou.
- The door was ajar when he arrived.
Participle
entreaberto (feminine entreaberta, masculine plural entreabertos, feminine plural entreabertas)
- past participle of entreabrir
Further reading
- “entreaberto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “entreaberto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026