dialecto

dialecto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlek.toː/, [d̪iäˈɫ̪ɛkt̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlek.to/, [d̪iäˈlɛkt̪o]

Noun

dialectō f

1. dative/ablative singular of dialectos

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Portuguese

Noun

dialecto m (plural dialectos)

1. Superseded spelling of dialeto. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaˈleɡto/ [d̪jaˈleɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: dia‧lec‧to

Noun

dialecto m (plural dialectos)

1. dialect
2. (Central America, Peru, colloquial) Native American language

Further reading

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