prostíbulo
See also: prostibulo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōstibulum (“prostitute, whore,” later “brothel, whorehouse”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾosˈt͡ʃi.bu.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾoʃˈt͡ʃi.bu.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾosˈt͡ʃi.bu.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuʃˈti.bu.lu/ [pɾuʃˈti.βu.lu]
- Rhymes: -ibulu
- Hyphenation: pros‧tí‧bu‧lo
Noun
prostíbulo m (plural prostíbulos)
- brothel (house of prostitution)
Derived terms
- prostibular
- prostibulário
Related terms
Further reading
- “prostíbulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “prostíbulo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “prostíbulo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “prostíbulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “prostíbulo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “prostíbulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōstibulum (“prostitute, whore”) (in Late Latin, “brothel, whorehouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾosˈtibulo/ [pɾosˈt̪i.β̞u.lo]
- Rhymes: -ibulo
- Syllabification: pros‧tí‧bu‧lo
Noun
prostíbulo m (plural prostíbulos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “prostíbulo”, 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