caribenho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Caribe +‎ -enho. Compare Spanish caribeño.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾiˈbẽ.ɲu/ [ka.ɾiˈbẽ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾiˈbẽ.ɲu/ [ka.ɾiˈbẽ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾiˈbe.ɲo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbɐ(j).ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβɐ(j).ɲu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbɐ(j).ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβɐ(j).ɲu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbe.ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβe.ɲu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbe.ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβe.ɲu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈbe.ɲu/ [kɐ.ɾiˈβe.ɲu]

• Rhymes: -eɲu, -ɐɲu
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧be‧nho

Adjective

caribenho (feminine caribenha, masculine plural caribenhos, feminine plural caribenhas)

1. Caribbean (pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies)

Noun

caribenho m (plural caribenhos, feminine caribenha, feminine plural caribenhas)

1. Caribbean (a native or inhabitant of the Caribbean region)

Further reading

• “caribenho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “caribenho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “caribenho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “caribenho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024