retrete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish retrete.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/ [heˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɛ.te/ [heˈtɾɛ.te]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɾɛ.tɨ/

Hyphenation: re‧tre‧te

Noun

retrete f (plural retretes)

(Portugal) toilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away)
Synonyms: (Portugal) sanita, (Brazil) vaso sanitário, (Brazil) privada, (Brazil) sentina, (Brazil) vaso
(Portugal) toilet, bathroom (room used for urination and defecation)
Synonyms: (Portugal) casa de banho, (Portugal) quarto de banho, sanitário, (Brazil) privada

References

“retrete” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“retrete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal [Term?] or Catalan retret.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈtɾete/ [reˈt̪ɾe.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ete
Syllabification: re‧tre‧te

Noun

retrete m (plural retretes)

toilet
Synonyms: inodoro, aseo, baño, excusado, servicio, wáter

Descendants

→ Portuguese: retrete

Further reading

“retrete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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