orfanato

Galician

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

Related terms

• orfo

Further reading

• “orfanato”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From órfão (“orphan”) +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.faˈna.tu/ [oh.faˈna.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.faˈna.tu/ [oh.faˈna.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.faˈna.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.faˈna.tu/ [oχ.faˈna.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.faˈna.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.fɐˈna.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: or‧fa‧na‧to

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

   Cresci em um orfanato.

   I grew up in an orphanage.

Further reading

• “orfanato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From huérfano (“orphan”) +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾfaˈnato/ [oɾ.faˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: or‧fa‧na‧to

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

   Synonym: orfelinato

Further reading

• “orfanato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16