subtexto

Latin

Participle

subtextō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of subtextus

Portuguese

Etymology

From sub- +‎ texto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsubˈtes.tu/, /ˌsu.biˈtes.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsubˈteʃ.tu/, /ˌsu.biˈteʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsubˈtes.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsubˈtɐjʃ.tu/ [ˌsuβˈtɐjʃ.tu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsubˈtejʃ.tu/ [ˌsuβˈtejʃ.tu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsubˈtejʃ.tu/ [ˌsuβˈtejʃ.tu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsubˈteʃ.tu/ [ˌsuβˈteʃ.tu]

Rhymes: -estu, -ɐjʃtu
Hyphenation: sub‧tex‧to

Noun

subtexto m (plural subtextos)

subtext (implicit or implied message in what someone says or writes)
subtext (theme or content addressed tacitly in a book, film, etc.)

Further reading

“subtexto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“subtexto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Noun

subtexto m (plural subtextos)

subtext
- 2015 July 18, “Berlín, capital del cuero”, in El País‎^[1]:
  Incluso el escaparate de una aparentemente inofensiva tienda de zapatillas deportivas en Mehrigndamm (Just Sneakers) juega con un evidente subtexto sexual.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)