colchete

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French crochet (“hook”).^[1]^[2] Doublet of crochê (“crochet”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kowˈʃe.t͡ʃi/ [koʊ̯ˈʃe.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kowˈʃe.te/ [koʊ̯ˈʃe.te]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kolˈʃe.tɨ/ [koɫˈʃe.tɨ], /kɔlˈʃe.tɨ/ [kɔɫˈʃe.tɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kolˈt͡ʃe.tɨ/ [koɫˈt͡ʃe.tɨ], /kɔlˈt͡ʃe.tɨ/ [kɔɫˈt͡ʃe.tɨ]

Hyphenation: col‧che‧te

Noun[edit]

colchete m (plural colchetes)

hook
(typography) square bracket
Synonym: parêntese reto
(typography) curly bracket

References[edit]

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

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