pântano
Portuguese
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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɐ̃.ta.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɐ̃.tɐ.nu/
Audio (Brazil): (file) - Rhymes: -ɐ̃tanu
- Hyphenation: pân‧ta‧no
Noun
pântano m (plural pântanos)
- quagmire, swamp, marsh, bog
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pântano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025