brejal

Portuguese

Etymology

From brejo +‎ -al or breja +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾeˈʒaw/ [bɾeˈʒaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɨˈʒal/ [bɾɨˈʒaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɨˈʒal/ [bɾɨˈʒaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɨˈʒa.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: bre‧jal

Noun

brejal m (plural brejais)

1. wetland, marsh, swamp

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Further reading

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