corveta

corveta

Portuguese

corveta

Etymology

Borrowed from French corvette.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/ [koɦˈve.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/ [koɦˈve.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈve.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈve.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈve.tɐ/

• Homophone: curveta (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: cor‧ve‧ta

Noun

corveta f (plural corvetas)

1. corvette (ship)

   Synonym: (Brazil) fragatinha

References

1. “corveta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “corveta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Noun

corveta f (plural corvetas)

1. corvette

Further reading

• “corveta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014