dezoito

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  17	18	19  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: dezoito     Ordinal: décimo oitavo     Ordinal abbreviation: 18.º, 18º     Fractional: dezoito avos
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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese dez (“ten”) + e (“and”) + oito (“eight”). Compare Galician dezaoito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈzoj.tu/ [deˈzoɪ̯.tu], /d͡ʒiˈzoj.tu/ [d͡ʒiˈzoɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈzoj.tu/ [deˈzoɪ̯.tu], /d͡ʒiˈzoj.tu/ [d͡ʒiˈzoɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈzoj.to/ [deˈzoɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzɔj.tu/, /dɨˈzoj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzɔj.tu/, /dɨˈzoj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzoj.tu/, /ˈdzoj.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzɔj.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzɔj.tu/, /ˈdzɔj.tu/

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): [ˈdzøt]

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: de‧zoi‧to

Numeral

dezoito m or f

1. (cardinal number) eighteen

Noun

dezoito m (plural dezoitos)

1. eighteen

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

dezoito

1. first-person singular present indicative of dezoitar