orfanato

Galician

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

Related terms

• orfo

Further reading

• “orfanato”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Portuguese

Etymology

órfão (“orphan”) +‎ -ato

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -atu

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

   Cresci em um orfanato.

   I grew up in an orphanage.

Further reading

• “orfanato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

huérfano (“orphan”) +‎ -ato

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾfaˈnato/ [oɾ.faˈna.t̪o]

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

Further reading

• “orfanato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014