vestibulando

Portuguese

Etymology

vestibular (“college or university entrance examination”) +‎ -ando (“-ing”)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʃ.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨʃ.ti.buˈlɐ̃.du/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈlɐ̃.du]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨʃ.ti.buˈlɐ̃.du/ [bɨʃ.ti.βuˈlɐ̃.du]

Hyphenation: ves‧ti‧bu‧lan‧do

Noun

vestibulando m (plural vestibulandos, feminine vestibulanda, feminine plural vestibulandas)

(Brazil) a student who is preparing to take an entrance examination for a college or university

Further reading

“vestibulando”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vestibulando”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“vestibulando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026