palafita

See also: palafită

Portuguese

palafitas.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palafitta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈfi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈfi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈfi.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.lɐˈfi.tɐ/

Noun

palafita f (plural palafitas)

1. lake dwelling, stilt house (a house raised on stilts over the surface of the soil or a body of water)

Related terms

• palafítico

 

References

• “palafita” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “palafita” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.