açafata
Portuguese
Etymology
From açafate.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.saˈfa.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.saˈfa.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɐˈfa.tɐ/
- Rhymes: -atɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧ça‧fa‧ta
Noun
açafata f (plural açafatas)
- lady-in-waiting (court lady who was in charge of the clothes of the ladies of the royal family and delivered them to a bagger)
Further reading
- “açafata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025