cartão-postal

See also: cartão postal

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cartão postal

Etymology

Compound of cartão +‎ postal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈtɐ̃w̃ posˈtaw/ [kahˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ posˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈtɐ̃w̃ posˈtaw/ [kahˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ posˈtaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈtɐ̃w̃ posˈtaw/ [kaɾˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ posˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈtɐ̃w̃ poʃˈtaw/ [kaχˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ poʃˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈtɐ̃w̃ posˈtaw/ [kaɻˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ posˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈtɐ̃w̃ puʃˈtal/ [kɐɾˈtɐ̃w̃ puʃˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈtɐ̃w̃ puʃˈtal/ [kɐɾˈtɐ̃w̃ puʃˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈtɐ̃w̃ puʃˈta.li/

Noun

cartão-postal m (plural cartões-postais)

1. postcard (picture sent over the mail without an envelope)

   Synonym: postal

2. (figurative) showplace; landmark; hallmark (an iconic place, monument or feature)

   O Coliseu é o cartão-postal de Roma.

   The Colosseum is Rome’s hallmark.

Further reading

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