corveta

Portuguese

corveta

Etymology

Borrowed from French corvette.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/ [koɦˈve.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/ [koɦˈve.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈve.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈve.tɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻˈve.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈve.ta/ [koɦˈve.ta]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈve.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈve.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈbe.tɐ/ [kuɾˈβe.tɐ]

• Homophone: curveta (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: cor‧ve‧ta

Noun

corveta f (plural corvetas)

1. corvette (ship)

   Synonym: (Brazil) fragatinha

Further reading

• “corveta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈbeta/ [koɾˈβ̞e.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: cor‧ve‧ta

Noun

corveta f (plural corvetas)

1. corvette

   Synonym: corbeta

Further reading

• “corveta”, 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