bilhete de identidade

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• BI (abbreviation)

Etymology

bilhete (“card”) + de (“of”) + identidade (“identity”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈʎe.t͡ʃi d͡ʒi i.dẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈʎe.t͡ʃi d͡ʒi i.dẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈʎe.te de i.dẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈʎe.tɨ d‿i.dẽ.tiˈda.dɨ/ [biˈʎe.tɨ ð‿i.ðẽ.tiˈða.ðɨ]

Noun

bilhete de identidade m (plural bilhetes de identidade)

1. (Angola, Mozambique) a national identity card
2. (Portugal) a national identity card issued by the Portuguese government to its citizens from 1914 to 2008, superseded by cartão de cidadão