impermeável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impermeābilis. By surface analysis, im- +‎ permeável or impermear +‎ -ável. Akin to Galician impermeábel, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and English impermeable.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peɦ.meˈa.veʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peɦ.meˈa.veʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peɾ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peɾ.meˈa.veʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peʁ.meˈa.veʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peɻ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peɻ.meˈa.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.vɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.vɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.bɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.βɛɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
• Hyphenation: im‧per‧me‧á‧vel

Adjective

impermeável m or f (plural impermeáveis)

1. waterproof; watertight (which doesn’t let water in)

   Antonym: permeável

Derived terms

• impermeabilização
• impermeabilizar

Noun

impermeável m (plural impermeáveis)

1. raincoat

   Synonym: (Brazil) capa de chuva

Further reading

• “impermeável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025