confeito
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin cōnfectus, perhaps as an adaptation of Italian confetto or French confit. Doublet of confete.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈfej.tu/ [kõˈfeɪ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈfej.to/ [kõˈfeɪ̯.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈfɐj.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈfej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈfej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈfe.tu/
- Hyphenation: con‧fei‧to
Noun
confeito m (plural confeitos)
- a small piece of sugar candy
- a sugar-coated seed or nut
Related terms
- confeição
- confeitar
- confeiteiro
Descendants
- → Japanese: 金平糖 (konpeitō)