adoleta

Portuguese

Etymology

From French andouillette.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doˈle.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doˈle.ta/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈle.tɐ/ [ɐ.ðuˈle.tɐ]

  • Rhymes: -etɐ

Noun

adoleta f (uncountable)

  1. (children's games) a children's game similar to pattycake in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands, often to the accompaniment of the nursery rhyme "Adoleta"

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