porta-moedas
Portuguese
Etymology
From portar (“to carry”) + moedas (“coins”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs/ [ˈpɔh.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐʃ/ [ˈpɔχ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɻ.ta moˈɛ.das/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ ˈmwɛ.dɐʃ/ [ˈpɔɾ.tɐ ˈmwɛ.ðɐʃ]
- Hyphenation: por‧ta‧-mo‧e‧das
Noun
- coin purse
- Synonym: porta-níqueis
Further reading
- “porta-moedas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025