sofito

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈfi.tu/

Hyphenation: so‧fi‧to

Noun

sofito m (plural sofitos)

(architecture) soffit (visible underside of an arch or other architectural element)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, perfect passive participle of Latin suffīgō (“to fasten or fix onto”); compare Classical suffīxus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈfito/
Rhymes: -ito
Syllabification: so‧fi‧to

Noun

sofito m (plural sofitos)

(architecture) soffit

Further reading

“sofito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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