açafata

Portuguese

Etymology

From açafate.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˈfa.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˈfa.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˈfa.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɐˈfa.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ça‧fa‧ta

Noun

açafata f (plural açafatas)

1. lady-in-waiting (court lady who was in charge of the clothes of the ladies of the royal family and delivered them to a bagger)

Further reading

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