caribenho
Portuguese
Etymology
From Caribe + -enho. Compare Spanish caribeño.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾiˈbẽ.ɲu/ [ka.ɾiˈbẽ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾiˈbe.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbɐ(j).ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβɐ(j).ɲu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbe.ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβe.ɲu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbe.ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβe.ɲu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbe.ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβe.ɲu]
- Rhymes: -eɲu, -ɐɲu
- Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧be‧nho
Adjective
caribenho (feminine caribenha, masculine plural caribenhos, feminine plural caribenhas)
- Caribbean (pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies)
Noun
caribenho m (plural caribenhos, feminine caribenha, feminine plural caribenhas)
- Caribbean (a native or inhabitant of the Caribbean region)
Further reading
- “caribenho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “caribenho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “caribenho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “caribenho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025