devaneio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.vaˈnej.u/ [de.vaˈneɪ̯.u]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐˈnɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐˈnɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɐˈnej.u/ [dɨ.βɐˈnej.u]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐˈnej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐˈne.u/

• Rhymes: -eju
• Hyphenation: de‧va‧nei‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from devanear.

Noun

devaneio m (plural devaneios)

1. reverie; dreaminess

Etymology 2

See devanear.

Verb

devaneio

1. first-person singular present indicative of devanear

Further reading

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