parlenda

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈlẽ.dɐ/ [paɦˈlẽ.dɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈlẽ.dɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈlẽ.dɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /paɻˈlẽ.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈlẽ.da/ [paɦˈlẽ.da]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈlẽ.dɐ/

Hyphenation: par‧len‧da

Noun

parlenda f (plural parlendas)

a type of children's rhythmic word game that may take the form of a tongue twister
Synonyms: cantilena, lengalenga

Descendants

→ Ambonese Malay: parlente

Further reading

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