nordestino
Portuguese
Etymology
From nordeste, Nordeste; -ino.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /noʁ.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/ [noɦ.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /noɾ.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /noʁ.deʃˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /noɻ.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noʁ.desˈt͡ʃi.no/ [noɦ.desˈt͡ʃi.no]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuɾ.dɨʃˈti.nu/ [nuɾ.ðɨʃˈti.nu]
- Hyphenation: nor‧des‧ti‧no
Noun
nordestino m (plural nordestinos, feminine nordestina, feminine plural nordestinas)
- (Brazil) native or inhabitant of Northeast Brazil
Adjective
nordestino (feminine nordestina, masculine plural nordestinos, feminine plural nordestinas, not comparable)
- northeastern
- (Brazil) of, from or relating to Northeast Brazil
- Todos os meus amigos são nordestinos. ― All my friends are northeastern.
Further reading
- “nordestino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “nordestino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Adjective
nordestino (feminine nordestina, masculine plural nordestinos, feminine plural nordestinas)