abre-te sésamo

See also: ábrete sésamo

Portuguese

Etymology

From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾi.t͡ʃi ˈsɛ.za.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾi.t͡ʃi ˈsɛ.za.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾe.te ˈsɛ.za.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɨ.tɨ ˈsɛ.zɐ.mu/ [ˈa.βɾɨ.tɨ ˈsɛ.zɐ.mu]

Phrase

abre-te sésamo

1. open sesame!