confeito

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cōnfectus, perhaps as an adaptation of Italian confetto or French confit. Doublet of confete.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfɐj.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfe.tu/

Hyphenation: con‧fei‧to

Noun

confeito m (plural confeitos)

a small piece of sugar candy
a sugar-coated seed or nut

Related terms

Descendants

Japanese: 金平糖(こんぺいとう) (konpeitō)

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