entreguerras
Portuguese
Etymology
entre- (“inter-”) + guerras (“wars”)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.ʁɐs/ [ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.hɐs], /ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.ʁɐs/ [ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.hɐs]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.ʁɐʃ/ [ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.χɐʃ], /ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.ʁɐʃ/ [ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.χɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.ʁas/ [ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.has], /ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.ʁas/ [ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.has]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.tɾɨˈɡɛ.ʁɐʃ/ [ẽ.tɾɨˈɣɛ.ʁɐʃ]
- Hyphenation: en‧tre‧guer‧ras
Noun
entreguerras m (uncountable)
Adjective
entreguerras (invariable)
- (history) interwar (relating to the time between two wars, especially the first and second world wars)
- durante o período entreguerras ― during the interwar period
Spanish
Noun
entreguerras f (uncountable)
- interwar (the period of time between two wars)
- plural of entreguerra
Related terms
Further reading
- “entreguerras”, 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