ermitão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• eremitão

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/ [eɦ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/ [eɦ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/ [eɾ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/ [eʁ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eɻ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/ [eɻ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: er‧mi‧tão

Noun

ermitão m (plural ermitãos or ermitães or ermitões, feminine ermitã or ermitoa, feminine plural ermitãs or ermitoas)

1. hermit; eremite (someone who lives alone for religious reasons)

   Synonym: eremita

2. hermit; recluse (someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship)

Related terms

• ermida