tortilha
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.[1][2] By surface analysis, torta + -ilha.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/ [tohˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/ [toχˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /toɻˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁˈt͡ʃi.ʎa/ [tohˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈti.ʎɐ/
- Rhymes: -iʎɐ
- Hyphenation: tor‧ti‧lha
Noun
tortilha f (plural tortilhas)
- tortilla (a flat, round bread in Mexican cuisine)
- tortilla (dish of potatoes cooked in beaten egg in Spanish cuisine)
- diminutive of torta
- Synonym: tortinha
References
- ^ “tortilha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “tortilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “tortilha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026