sotaque

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.[1][2] Perhaps from Arabic ⁧صَوْتَك⁩ (ṣawt-ak, “your voice”); note that the Standard Arabic diphthong -aw- usually corresponds to [oː] in spoken Arabic dialects. According to the Houaiss dictionary, first attested in the early 18th century.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈta.ki/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈta.ke/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aki, (Portugal) -akɨ
  • Hyphenation: so‧ta‧que

Noun

sotaque m (plural sotaques)

  1. (linguistics) accent (the manner of speaking or pronouncing peculiar to a community)

Derived terms

References
  1. “sotaque” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “sotaque” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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