névoa

See also: nevoa

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nevoa, from Latin nebula, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Galician néboa and Spanish niebla. Doublet of nébula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vu.ɐ/ [ˈnɛ.vʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈnɛ.vwɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vu.ɐ/ [ˈnɛ.vʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈnɛ.vwɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vu.a/ [ˈnɛ.vʊ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈnɛ.vwa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vwɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vwɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.bwɐ/ [ˈnɛ.βwɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: né‧vo‧a

Noun

névoa f (plural névoas)

1. mist, fog, haze

   Synonyms: nébula, nevoeiro

Derived terms

• enevoar
• nevoeiro

Related terms

• neblina
• nébula
• nebuloso

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: nébua

Further reading

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