bilhete de identidade

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • BI (abbreviation)

Etymology

bilhete (“card”) + de (“of”) + identidade (“identity”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈʎe.t͡ʃi d͡ʒi i.dẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈʎe.te de i.dẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /biˈʎe.tɨ d‿i.dẽ.tiˈda.dɨ/ [biˈʎe.tɨ ð‿i.ðẽ.tiˈða.ðɨ]

Noun

bilhete de identidade m (plural bilhetes de identidade)

  1. (Angola, Mozambique) a national identity card
  2. (Portugal) a national identity card issued by the Portuguese government to its citizens from 1914 to 2008, superseded by cartão de cidadão
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