sotavento
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan sotavent.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.taˈvẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.taˈvẽ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.tɐˈvẽ.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.tɐˈbẽ.tu/ [su.tɐˈβẽ.tu]
- Hyphenation: so‧ta‧ven‧to
Noun
sotavento m (plural sotaventos)
- the direction towards which the wind is blowing, leeward side
- Antonym: barlavento
References
- ^ “sotavento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan sotavent, from sota (“under”) + vent (“wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sotaˈbento/ [so.t̪aˈβ̞ẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: so‧ta‧ven‧to
Noun
sotavento m (plural sotaventos)
- leeward side
- Antonym: barlovento
Further reading
- “sotavento”, 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