caminho de ronda

Portuguese

Etymology

From caminho (“path”) +‎ de (“of”) +‎ ronda (“round”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲu d͡ʒi ˈʁõ.dɐ/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃u d͡ʒi ˈhõ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲu d͡ʒi ˈʁõ.dɐ/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃u d͡ʒi ˈhõ.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲu d͡ʒi ˈʁõ.dɐ/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃u d͡ʒi ˈχõ.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.ɲo de ˈʁõ.da/ [kaˈmi.ɲo de ˈhõ.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmi.ɲu dɨ ˈʁõ.dɐ/ [kɐˈmi.ɲu ðɨ ˈʁõ.dɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧nho‧de‧ron‧da

Noun

caminho de ronda m (plural caminhos de ronda)

1. (architecture, military) wall walk, allure (protected pathway on a wall of a city or castle)

   Synonyms: adarve, andaime

Related terms

• caminho de cabras
• caminho de pé posto

Further reading

• “caminho de ronda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• caminho de ronda on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt