absorvente

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *sorβeō

Latin sorbeō

Latin absorbēreslbor.

Portuguese absorver

Portuguese -ente

Portuguese absorvente

From absorver + -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.soʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ab.soɦˈvẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.soʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ab.soɦˈvẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ab.soɾˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ab.soʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ab.soɻˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.suɾˈvẽ.tɨ/ [ɐβ.suɾˈvẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.suɾˈvẽ.tɨ/ [ɐβ.suɾˈvẽ.tɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.suɾˈbẽ.tɨ/ [ɐβ.suɾˈβẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.suɾˈvẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧ven‧te

Adjective

absorvente m or f (plural absorventes)

1. absorbing, absorbent, absorbant

Noun

absorvente m (plural absorventes)

1. absorbent
2. sanitary napkin, pad

Further reading

• “absorvente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “absorvente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026