carnavalesco
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian carnevalesco[1][2] By surface analysis, carnaval + -esco.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁ.na.vaˈles.ku/ [kaɦ.na.vaˈles.ku]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾ.na.vaˈles.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁ.na.vaˈleʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻ.na.vaˈles.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.nɐ.vɐˈleʃ.ku/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.nɐ.bɐˈleʃ.ku/ [kɐɾ.nɐ.βɐˈleʃ.ku]
- Hyphenation: car‧na‧va‧les‧co
Adjective
carnavalesco (feminine carnavalesca, masculine plural carnavalescos, feminine plural carnavalescas)
- (relational) carnival
References
- ^ “carnavalesco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “carnavalesco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾnabaˈlesko/ [kaɾ.na.β̞aˈles.ko]
- Rhymes: -esko
- Syllabification: car‧na‧va‧les‧co
Adjective
carnavalesco (feminine carnavalesca, masculine plural carnavalescos, feminine plural carnavalescas)
- (relational) carnival
Further reading
- “carnavalesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024