governanta

Portuguese

Etymology

From governante m or f by sense +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veʁˈnɐ̃.tɐ/ [ɡo.veɦˈnɐ̃.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veɾˈnɐ̃.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veʁˈnɐ̃.tɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veɻˈnɐ̃.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veʁˈnɐ̃.ta/ [ɡo.veɦˈnɐ̃.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.vɨɾˈnɐ̃.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.bɨɾˈnɐ̃.tɐ/ [ɡu.βɨɾˈnɐ̃.tɐ]

Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
Hyphenation: go‧ver‧nan‧ta

Noun

governanta f (plural governantas)

housekeeper (head of the female staff of a large home)
governess (woman paid to educate children in their own home)

Further reading

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