acreano

Portuguese

Adjective

acreano (feminine acreana, masculine plural acreanos, feminine plural acreanas, not comparable)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of acriano; now a common misspelling.

Noun

acreano m (plural acreanos, feminine acreana, feminine plural acreanas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of acriano; now a common misspelling.

Usage notes

This misspelling, like açoreano, stems from a misinterpretation of the word as being suffixed with -ano instead of -iano. It was widely utilized prior to the first spelling reforms of Portuguese and remains recognized by some dictionaries.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ “O gentílico acriano (Acre, Brasil)” in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ “A grafia de açoriano” in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)
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