camarote

Portuguese

Bunks on the French aircraft carrier Clemenceau

A box or loge in the Semperoper in Dresden, Germany

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati

Proto-Iranian *kamarāder.

Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor.

Latin camera

Old Galician-Portuguese camara

Portuguese câmara

Portuguese -ote

Portuguese camarote

From câmara + -ote.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾɔ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɐˈɾɔ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧ro‧te

Noun

camarote m (plural camarotes)

1. cabin (the interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping)
2. berth; bunk (a built-in bed on board ship)

   Synonym: cabine

3. (theater) box, loge, balcony (a compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre or other building)

Further reading

• “camarote”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “camarote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “camarote”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “camarote”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati

Proto-Iranian *kamarāder.

Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor.

Latin camerader.

Vulgar Latin camara

Old Spanish camara

Spanish cámara

Spanish -ote

Spanish camarote

From cámara + -ote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamaˈɾote/ [ka.maˈɾo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ca‧ma‧ro‧te

Noun

camarote m (plural camarotes)

1. (nautical) cabin, quarters
2. (nautical) bunk, berth

Further reading

• “camarote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025