porta-luvas

Portuguese

Alternative forms

porta-luva (proscribed)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.tɐˈlu.vɐs/ [ˌpɔh.tɐˈlu.vɐs]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈlu.vɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.tɐˈlu.vɐʃ/ [ˌpɔχ.tɐˈlu.vɐʃ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɻ.tɐˈlu.vɐs/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.taˈlu.vas/ [ˌpɔh.taˈlu.vas]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈlu.vɐʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈlu.bɐʃ/ [ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈlu.βɐʃ]

Hyphenation: por‧ta‧lu‧vas

Noun

porta-luvas m (invariable)

glove compartment (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard)

Further reading

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