sotaque

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.[1][2] Perhaps from dialectal Arabic *صَوْتَك (*ṣōtak, “your voice”), corresponding to standard صَوْتُكَ (ṣawtuka). According to the Houaiss Dictionary, first attested in the early 18th century.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

sotaque m (plural sotaques)

  1. (linguistics) accent (the manner of speaking or pronouncing peculiar to a community)
    Synonym: acento

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “sotaque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  2. ^ “sotaque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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