retornado
English
Etymology
From Portuguese retornado.
Noun
retornado (plural retornados)
- ethnic Portuguese living in Africa who moved to Portugal during the decolonization process
Portuguese
Etymology
Past participle of retornar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.toʁˈna.du/ [he.toɦˈna.du]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.toɾˈna.du/ [he.toɾˈna.du]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.toʁˈna.du/ [χe.toʁˈna.du]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʁe.toɻˈna.du/ [he.toɻˈna.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.toʁˈna.do/ [he.toɦˈna.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.tuɾˈna.du/ [ʁɨ.tuɾˈna.ðu]
- Hyphenation: re‧tor‧na‧do
Noun
retornado m (plural retornados)
- a returnee, a repatriated diasporan
- (Portugal) ethnic Portuguese living in Africa who moved to Portugal during the decolonization process
Participle
retornado (feminine retornada, masculine plural retornados, feminine plural retornadas)
- past participle of retornar
Further reading
- “retornado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “retornado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /retoɾˈnado/ [re.t̪oɾˈna.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: re‧tor‧na‧do
Participle
retornado (feminine retornada, masculine plural retornados, feminine plural retornadas)
- past participle of retornar