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Galician
Participle
exposto (feminine exposta, masculine plural expostos, feminine plural expostas)
- past participle of expoñer
- past participle of expor
Portuguese
Etymology
From expor. The sense of foundling is a shortening of exposto na roda (exposed in the foundling wheel).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
- Hyphenation: ex‧pos‧to
Adjective
exposto (feminine exposta, masculine plural expostos, feminine plural expostas, metaphonic)
- exposed
- visible, manifest, patent
Noun
exposto m (plural expostos, feminine exposta, feminine plural expostas, metaphonic)
- foundling (child abandoned by its parents)
- Synonym: enjeitado
Participle
exposto (feminine exposta, masculine plural expostos, feminine plural expostas, metaphonic)
- past participle of expor