dois-pontos

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Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, two dots. Compare French deux points, Spanish dos puntos.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdojsˈpõ.tus/ [ˌdoɪ̯sˈpõ.tus]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌdojʃˈpõ.tuʃ/ [ˌdoɪ̯ʃˈpõ.tuʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdojsˈpõ.tos/ [ˌdoɪ̯sˈpõ.tos]

  • Hyphenation: dois‧pon‧tos

Noun[edit]

dois-pontos m pl (plural only)

  1. colon (punctuation mark)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Although the use of hyphen is said to be facultative, only the hyphenated form is found in dictionaries and the orthographic vocabularies of both Academia Brasileira de Letras and Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.

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