retrete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish retrete.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/ [heˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/ [heˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈtɾɛ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɛ.te/ [heˈtɾɛ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɾɛ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: re‧tre‧te

Noun

retrete f (plural retretes)

1. (Portugal) toilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) sanita, (Brazil) vaso sanitário, (Brazil) privada, (Brazil) sentina, (Brazil) vaso

2. (Portugal) toilet, bathroom (room used for urination and defecation)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) casa de banho, (Portugal) quarto de banho, sanitário, (Brazil) privada

References

1. “retrete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
2. “retrete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal [Term?] or Catalan retret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈtɾete/ [reˈt̪ɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: re‧tre‧te

Noun

retrete m (plural retretes)

1. toilet

   Synonyms: inodoro, aseo, baño, excusado, servicio, wáter

Descendants

• → Portuguese: retrete

Further reading

• “retrete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28