escrevente

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾeˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/, /es.kɾeˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾeˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/, /eʃ.kɾeˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾeˈvẽ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈvẽ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈbẽ.tɨ/ [(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈβẽ.tɨ]

Hyphenation: es‧cre‧ven‧te

Noun

escrevente m or f by sense (plural escreventes)

clerk (office worker)
Synonyms: escriturário, secretário
amanuensis (one employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts)
Synonyms: copista, amanuense

Further reading

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