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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rōstrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rosto m (plural rostos)
- face
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- ⁊ tornoullo roſto negro
- And made his face grew blacker
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese rosto, rostro, from Latin rostrum.
Pronunciation
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈhos.tʷ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
- Hyphenation: ros‧to
Noun
rosto m (plural rostos)
- face (part of head)
2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.- It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.
2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]- Then the smile reappeared in his face
Derived terms
Spanish
Verb
rosto
- first-person singular present indicative of rostir
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian arrosto.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾos.to/
- Hyphenation: ros‧to
Noun
rosto (definite accusative rostoyu, plural rostolar)
- roast
Declension
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