coritibano

Portuguese

Etymology

From Coritiba +‎ -ano. Doublet of curitibano. The soccer team was named after the city, however, it retained the ⟨o⟩ in its name even after the name of the city was standardised as Curitiba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɾi.t͡ʃiˈbɐ̃.nu/, /ku.ɾi.t͡ʃiˈbɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɾi.t͡ʃiˈbɐ̃.nu/, /ku.ɾi.t͡ʃiˈbɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɾi.t͡ʃiˈbɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾi.tiˈbɐ.nu/ [ku.ɾi.tiˈβɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾi.tiˈbɐ.nu/ [ku.ɾi.tiˈβɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾi.tiˈba.nu/ [ku.ɾi.tiˈβa.nu]

• Rhymes: -ɐnu
• Homophone: curitibano
• Hyphenation: co‧ri‧ti‧ba‧no

Adjective

coritibano (feminine coritibana, masculine plural coritibanos, feminine plural coritibanas)

1. (Brazil, soccer, relational) of, playing for or supporting Coritiba Foot Ball Club

   Synonyms: coxa, coxa-branca

2. obsolete spelling of curitibano

Noun

coritibano m (plural coritibanos, feminine coritibana, feminine plural coritibanas)

1. (Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Coritiba Foot Ball Club

   Synonyms: coxa, coxa-branca

2. obsolete spelling of curitibano

Further reading

• “coritibano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026