limpa-para-brisas

Portuguese

Alternative forms

limpa-para-brisa
limpa-pára-brisas, limpa-pára-brisa (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From limpa (“clean”) +‎ para-brisas (“windshield”). Compare Galician limpaparabrisas and Spanish limpiaparabrisas.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌlĩ.pɐˌpa.ɾɐˈbɾi.zɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌlĩ.pɐˌpa.ɾɐˈbɾi.zɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌlĩ.paˌpa.ɾaˈbɾi.zas/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌlĩ.pɐˌpa.ɾɐˈbɾi.zɐʃ/ [ˌlĩ.pɐˌpa.ɾɐˈβɾi.zɐʃ]

Hyphenation: lim‧pa‧-pa‧ra‧-bri‧sas

Noun

limpa-para-brisas m (invariable)

windshield wiper

Further reading

“limpa-para-brisas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026