branquitude

Portuguese

Etymology

From branco +‎ -itude.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈtu.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈtu.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈtu.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈtu.dɨ/ [bɾɐ̃.kiˈtu.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ

Noun

branquitude f (plural branquitudes)

1. (sociology) whiteness (the quality of being white in the racial sense)

See also

• negritude

Further reading

• “branquitude”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025