alaúde

Portuguese

alaúde

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic الْعُود (al-ʕūd), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Spanish laúd.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈu.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈu.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈu.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈu.dɨ/ [ɐ.lɐˈu.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧la‧ú‧de

Noun

alaúde m (plural alaúdes)

1. lute (stringed instrument)

Etymology 2

Verb

alaúde

1. inflection of alaudar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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