escrava
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈkɾa.vɐ/, /esˈkɾa.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈkɾa.vɐ/, /eʃˈkɾa.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈkɾa.va/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈkɾa.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈkɾa.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈkɾa.βɐ]
- Rhymes: -avɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧cra‧va
Noun
escrava f (plural escravas)
- female equivalent of escravo (“slave”)
Further reading
- “escrava”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “escrava”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026