sotavento

sotavento

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sotavent.[1]

Noun

sotavento m (plural sotaventos)

1. the direction towards which the wind is blowing, leeward side

   Antonym: barlavento

References

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

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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)

1. leeward side

   Antonym: barlovento

Further reading

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