orfanato
Galician
Noun
orfanato m (plural orfanatos)
- orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Related terms
Further reading
- “orfanato”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
From órfão (“orphan”) + -ato.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁ.faˈna.tu/ [oh.faˈna.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oɾ.faˈna.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʁ.faˈna.tu/ [oχ.faˈna.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oɻ.faˈna.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾ.fɐˈna.tu/
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: or‧fa‧na‧to
Noun
orfanato m (plural orfanatos)
- orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- Cresci em um orfanato.
- I grew up in an orphanage.
Further reading
- “orfanato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From huérfano (“orphan”) + -ato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾfaˈnato/ [oɾ.faˈna.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: or‧fa‧na‧to
Noun
orfanato m (plural orfanatos)
- orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- Synonym: orfelinato
Further reading
- “orfanato”, 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