faroeste

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Far West.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾoˈɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾoˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾoˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾoˈɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾɔˈɛʃ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛst͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛʃtɨ
• Hyphenation: fa‧ro‧es‧te

Noun

faroeste m (plural faroestes)

1. western (work set in the historic American West)

   Synonyms: western, (Brazil) bangue-bangue

2. (uncountable, geography) the region west of the Mississippi river, in the United States
3. (figurative) violent or lawless place
4. (figurative) situation marked by high levels of violence or lawlessness

Further reading

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