corveta
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French corvette.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/ [koɦˈve.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾˈve.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻˈve.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈve.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈbe.tɐ/ [kuɾˈβe.tɐ]
- Homophone: curveta (Portugal)
- Hyphenation: cor‧ve‧ta
Noun
corveta f (plural corvetas)
- corvette (ship)
- Synonym: (Brazil) fragatinha
References
- ^ “corveta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “corveta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈbeta/ [koɾˈβ̞e.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: cor‧ve‧ta
Noun
corveta f (plural corvetas)
Further reading
- “corveta”, 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