aquarela
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from Italian acquarella.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kwaˈɾɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kwaˈɾɛ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /a.kwɐˈɾɛ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: a‧qua‧re‧la
Noun
aquarela f (plural aquarelas) (chiefly Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- watercolour (pigment)
- watercolour (painting)
- watercolour (genre)
Further reading
- “aquarela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “aquarela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025