condestável

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French conestable, influenced by conde (“count”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.desˈta.vew/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.deʃˈta.vew/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.dɨʃˈta.vɛl/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.dɨʃˈta.bɛl/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
Hyphenation: con‧des‧tá‧vel

Noun

condestável m (plural condestáveis)

constable (officer of a noble court)

References

^ “condestável”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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