dois-pontos

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “two dots”. Compare French deux points, Spanish dos puntos.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdojsˈpõ.tus/ [ˌdoɪ̯sˈpõ.tus]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌdojʃˈpõ.tuʃ/ [ˌdoɪ̯ʃˈpõ.tuʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdojsˈpõ.tos/ [ˌdoɪ̯sˈpõ.tos]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌdojʃˈpõ.tuʃ/

  • Hyphenation: dois‧pon‧tos

Noun

dois-pontos m pl (plural only)

  1. colon (punctuation mark)

Usage notes

  • Although the use of hyphen is said to be facultative, only the hyphenated form is found in dictionaries and the orthographic vocabularies of both Academia Brasileira de Letras and Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.

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