molhável
Portuguese
Etymology
From molhar (“to wet”) + -ável (“-able”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈʎa.vew/ [moˈʎa.veʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈʎa.vɛl/ [muˈʎa.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈʎa.bɛl/ [muˈʎa.βɛɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
- Hyphenation: mo‧lhá‧vel
Adjective
molhável m or f (plural molháveis)
- which won’t be damaged or become inefficacious if wetted
Related terms
Further reading
- “molhável”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “molhável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026