contraforte

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [kõ.tɾaˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [kõ.tɾaˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [kõ.tɾaˈfɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈfɔɾ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧for‧te

Noun

contraforte m (plural contrafortes)

1. (architecture) buttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)

   Synonym: botaréu

2. buttress (feature jutting out from mountain)
3. buttress (anything that serves to support something else)