pântano

See also: pantano and Pantano

Portuguese

Um pântano

Etymology

From Italian pantano, probably from the pre-Roman Italic name Pantanus, the name of a lake in antiquity.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ̃.ta.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ̃.ta.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ̃.ta.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ̃.tɐ.nu/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: pân‧ta‧no

Noun

pântano m (plural pântanos)

1. quagmire, swamp, marsh, bog

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Derived terms

• pantanal
• pantanoso

 

Further reading

• “pântano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024