rosto

• rostro

Inherited from Latin rōstrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈros̺.to/

rosto m (plural rostos)

1. face
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 199 (facsimile):

     ⁊ tornoullo roſto negro […]

     And made his face grew blacker […]

• Galician: rostro
• Portuguese: rosto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rosto, rostro, from Latin rōstrum. Doublet of rostro, a learned borrowing.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
• Hyphenation: ros‧to

rosto m (plural rostos)

1. face (part of head)

   Synonyms: cara, face

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:

     Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.

     It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:

     Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]

     Then the smile reappeared in his face [...]

• Kristang: rostu

• “rosto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “rosto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

rosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of rostir

Borrowed from Italian arrosto.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾos.to/
• Hyphenation: ros‧to

rosto (definite accusative rostoyu, plural rostolar)

1. roast

• “rosto”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rosto”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3976