patoá

See also: patoa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French patois.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.tuˈa/ [pa.tʊˈa], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtwa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /paˈtwa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: patuá

Noun

patoá m (plural patoás)

1. patois (regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard)
2. patois (jargon or cant)

Descendants

• Macanese: patuá

Further reading

• “patoá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024