enxoval

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الشَّوَار (aš-šawār, “wedding gift”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃoˈvaw/ [ẽ.ʃoˈvaʊ̯], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃoˈvaw/ [ĩ.ʃoˈvaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃuˈval/ [ẽ.ʃuˈvaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃuˈval/ [ẽ.ʃuˈvaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃuˈbal/ [ẽ.ʃuˈβaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃuˈva.li/

• Rhymes: -aw, -al
• Hyphenation: en‧xo‧val

Noun

enxoval m (plural enxovais)

1. layette (collection of clothes and objects necessary for the service and use of a baby or a person who is going to or is setting up a house)

   Synonym: bragal

Further reading

• “enxoval”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “enxoval”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025