reduto
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See also: Reduto
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin reductus, cognate with English redoubt.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -utu
- Hyphenation: re‧du‧to
Noun[edit]
reduto m (plural redutos)
- enclosure fortified inside a fortress
- (figurative) stronghold, place of refuge or survival [by a particular group]
- (figurative, by extension) meeting place, hangout
References[edit]
- HOUAISS, A. and DE SALLES VILLAR, M. Minidicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2008.