guardanapo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French garde-nappe (“tablecloth protector”), from Medieval Latin guardanappa, from nappa (corruption of mappa). See also mapa.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwaʁ.daˈna.pu/ [ɡwaɦ.daˈna.pu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡwaɾ.daˈna.pu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡwaʁ.daˈna.pu/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ɡwaɻ.daˈna.pu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwaʁ.daˈna.po/ [ɡwaɦ.daˈna.po]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐɾ.dɐˈna.pu/ [ɡwɐɾ.ðɐˈna.pu]
- Rhymes: -apu
- Hyphenation: guar‧da‧na‧po
Noun
guardanapo m (plural guardanapos)
Further reading
- “guardanapo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “guardanapo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026