abotoadura

Portuguese

Etymology

From abotoar (“to button up”) +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bo.to.aˈdu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bo.to.aˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bo.to.aˈdu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bu.twɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ɐ.βu.twɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧to‧a‧du‧ra

Noun

abotoadura f (plural abotoaduras)

1. cufflink (button used to hold a sleeve cuff together)

Further reading

• “abotoadura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024