faroeste

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Far West.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾoˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾoˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾoˈɛs.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾɔˈɛʃ.tɨ/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛst͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛʃtɨ
Hyphenation: fa‧ro‧es‧te

Noun

faroeste m (plural faroestes)

western (a movie of western genre)
Synonym: (Brazil) bangue-bangue

Further reading

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