vestibulando
Portuguese
Etymology
vestibular (“college or university entrance examination”) + -ando (“-ing”)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʃ.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlɐ̃.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨʃ.ti.buˈlɐ̃.du/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈlɐ̃.du]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨʃ.ti.buˈlɐ̃.du/ [bɨʃ.ti.βuˈlɐ̃.du]
- Hyphenation: ves‧ti‧bu‧lan‧do
Noun
vestibulando m (plural vestibulandos, feminine vestibulanda, feminine plural vestibulandas)
- (Brazil) a student who is preparing to take an entrance examination for a college or university
Further reading
- “vestibulando”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “vestibulando”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “vestibulando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025