minuano
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese minuano.
Noun
minuano (plural minuanos)
- A powerful cold wind in southern Brazil that comes from south
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.nuˈɐ̃.nu/ [mi.nʊˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /miˈnwɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.nuˈɐ.no/ [mi.nʊˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /miˈnwɐ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /miˈnwɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /miˈnwa.nu/
- Hyphenation: mi‧nu‧a‧no
Noun
minuano m (plural minuanos)
- (dialectal, Rio Grande do Sul) minuano, a powerful cold wind that comes from south
Spanish
Adjective
minuano (feminine minuana, masculine plural minuanos, feminine plural minuanas)
- pertaining or related to the city of Minas, Uruguay
Further reading
- “minuano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024