adufa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic دُفَّة, from Arabic دَفَّة (daffa).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdu.fɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdu.fɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdu.fa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdu.fɐ/ [ɐˈðu.fɐ]

Noun

adufa f (plural adufas)

1. sluice gate

Further reading

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