portulano

See also: Portulano

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian portolano.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈlɐ̃.nu/ [poh.tuˈlɐ̃.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾ.tuˈlɐ̃.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈlɐ̃.nu/ [poχ.tuˈlɐ̃.nu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɻ.tuˈlɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈlɐ.no/ [poh.tuˈlɐ.no]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tuˈlɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tuˈla.nu/

Hyphenation: por‧tu‧la‧no

Noun

portulano m (plural portulanos)

(historical, nautical, geography) portolan

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poɾtuˈlano/ [poɾ.t̪uˈla.no]
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: por‧tu‧la‧no

Adjective

portulano (feminine portulana, masculine plural portulanos, feminine plural portulanas)

(relational) portolan

Noun

portulano m (plural portulanos)

(historical, nautical) portolan (a chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts)

Further reading

“portulano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025