verbete
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From verbo + -ete, from Latin verbum (“word”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈbe.t͡ʃi/ [veɦˈbe.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈbe.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈbe.t͡ʃi/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /veɻˈbe.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈbe.te/ [veɦˈbe.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈbe.tɨ/ [vɨɾˈβe.tɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾˈbe.tɨ/ [bɨɾˈβe.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: ver‧be‧te
Noun
verbete m (plural verbetes)
- (lexicography) entry (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia)
- Synonym: entrada
- a small note (brief piece of writing)
- Synonyms: lembrete, notinha
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/ [veɦˈbɛ.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /veɻˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈbɛ.te/ [veɦˈbɛ.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈbɛ.tɨ/ [vɨɾˈβɛ.tɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾˈbɛ.tɨ/ [bɨɾˈβɛ.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: ver‧be‧te
Verb
verbete
- inflection of verbetar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “verbete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “verbete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026