dois-pontos

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “two dots”. Compare French deux points, Spanish dos puntos.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdojsˈpõ.tus/ [ˌdoɪ̯sˈpõ.tus]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌdojʃˈpõ.tuʃ/ [ˌdoɪ̯ʃˈpõ.tuʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdojsˈpõ.tos/ [ˌdoɪ̯sˈpõ.tos]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌdojʃˈpõ.tuʃ/

  • Hyphenation: dois‧pon‧tos

Noun

dois-pontos m pl (plural only)

  1. colon (punctuation mark)

Further reading

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