realejo

Portuguese

Etymology

Diminutive of real.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.aˈle.ʒu/ [he.aˈle.ʒu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.aˈle.ʒu/ [χe.aˈle.ʒu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.aˈle.ʒo/ [he.aˈle.ʒo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈlɐ(j).ʒu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈle.ʒu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈle.ʒu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈle.ʒu/

Hyphenation: re‧a‧le‧jo

Noun

realejo m (plural realejos)

street organ (small, mechanically played organ)

Further reading

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