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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōstibulum (“prostitute, whore,” later “brothel, whorehouse”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ibulu
- Hyphenation: pros‧tí‧bu‧lo
Noun
prostíbulo m (plural prostíbulos)
- brothel (house of prostitution)
- Synonyms: alcouce, bordel, lupanar, (Brazil, vulgar) puteiro, (Brazil, colloquial) quengaral
Derived terms
Further reading
- “prostíbulo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “prostíbulo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “prostíbulo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “prostíbulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “prostíbulo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “prostíbulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōstibulum (“prostitute, whore”) (in Late Latin, “brothel, whorehouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾosˈtibulo/
- Rhymes: -ibulo
- Syllabification: pros‧tí‧bu‧lo
Noun
prostíbulo m (plural prostíbulos)
- brothel, whorehouse
- Synonyms: burdel, casa de putas, lupanar, mancebía, putero, puterío, puticlub
Further reading