confeito

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cōnfectus, perhaps as an adaptation of Italian confetto or French confit. Doublet of confete.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.tu/ [kõˈfeɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.tu/ [kõˈfeɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.to/ [kõˈfeɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈfe.tu/

• Hyphenation: con‧fei‧to

Noun

confeito m (plural confeitos)

1. a small piece of sugar candy
2. a sugar-coated seed or nut

Related terms

• confeição
• confeitar
• confeiteiro

Descendants

• → Japanese: 金平糖(こんぺいとう) (konpeitō)

Further reading

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