transfretano

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsfretānus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.fɾeˈtɐ̃.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fɾeˈtɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.fɾeˈtɐ.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fɾɨˈtɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fɾɨˈta.nu/

Hyphenation: trans‧fre‧ta‧no

Adjective

transfretano (feminine transfretana, masculine plural transfretanos, feminine plural transfretanas)

beyond the Strait of Gibraltar
ultramarine
Synonym: ultramarino

Further reading

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