vestuário
See also: vestuario
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- vestuario (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin vestuārium, corruption of Latin vestiārium, from vestis (“clothing”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ves.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [ves.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vesˈtwa.ɾju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʃ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [veʃ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /veʃˈtwa.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ves.tuˈa.ɾi.o/ [ves.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /vesˈtwa.ɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨʃˈtwa.ɾju/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨʃˈtwa.ɾju/
- Hyphenation: ves‧tu‧á‧ri‧o
Noun
vestuário m (plural vestuários)
- clothes; apparel; clothing
- 1931 February 19, “E’cos do Carnaval no Rio [Echoes from Rio’s Carnaval]”, in A Tribuna, volume XXXVII, number 298, Santos, page 3:
- As diversas canções […] constituiram verdadeiras marchas carnavalescas. Sobresahiu, talvez, o samba “Com que roupa”, allusivo á recente medida tomada pelo chefe da policia, sr. Luzardo, sobre os vestuarios das praias de banho.
- The various songs […] became veritable Carnival marches. What stood out, perhaps, was the samba “Com que roupa”, allusive to the recent measure taken by the chief of police, Mr. Luzardo, regarding beachwear.
Related terms
Further reading
- “vestuário”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “vestuário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026