rosto
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- rostro
Etymology
From Latin rostrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈros̺.to/
Noun
rosto m
- face
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 199 (facsimile):
- ⁊ tornoullo roſto negro […]
- And made his face grew blacker […]
- ⁊ tornoullo roſto negro […]
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Descendants
- Galician: rostro
- Portuguese: rosto
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Etymology
From Old Portuguese rosto, rostro, from Latin rostrum.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁos.tu/ [ˈhos.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁoʃ.tu/ [ˈχoʃ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁos.to/ [ˈhos.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁoʃ.tu/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈhos.tʷ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
- Hyphenation: ros‧to
Noun
rosto m (plural rostos)
- face (part of head)
- 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 [...]
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:
Derived terms
- rostinho (diminutive)
Spanish
Verb
rosto
- first-person singular present indicative of rostir