enxaguante
Portuguese
Etymology
From enxaguar (“to rinse”) + -ante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈɡwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈɡwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈɡwɐ̃.te/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈɡwɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ʃɐˈɡwɐ̃.tɨ/ [ẽ.ʃɐˈɣwɐ̃.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: en‧xa‧guan‧te
Adjective
enxaguante m or f (plural enxaguantes)
Noun
enxaguante m (plural enxaguantes)
- (Brazil) mouthwash (liquid used to clean one’s mouth)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) enxaguatório, colutório, (Portugal) elixir bucal
Derived terms
Further reading
- “enxaguante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “enxaguante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026