sotavento

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sotavent.[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.taˈvẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.taˈvẽ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.tɐˈvẽ.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.tɐˈbẽ.tu/ [su.tɐˈβẽ.tu]

Hyphenation: so‧ta‧ven‧to

Noun

sotavento m (plural sotaventos)

the direction towards which the wind is blowing, leeward side
Antonym: barlavento

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sotavent, from sota (“under”) + vent (“wind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sotaˈbento/ [so.t̪aˈβ̞ẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: so‧ta‧ven‧to

Noun

sotavento m (plural sotaventos)

leeward side
Antonym: barlovento

Further reading

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

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