porta-moedas

Portuguese

Etymology

From portar (“to carry”) + moedas (“coins”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs/ [ˈpɔh.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs/ [ˈpɔh.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐʃ/ [ˈpɔχ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐʃ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.tɐ moˈɛ.dɐs/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ ˈmwɛ.dɐʃ/ [ˈpɔɾ.tɐ ˈmwɛ.ðɐʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ ˈmwɛ.dɐʃ/ [ˈpɔɾ.tɐ ˈmwɛ.ðɐʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ ˈmwɛ.dɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: por‧ta‧-mo‧e‧das

Noun

porta-moedas m (invariable)

1. coin purse

   Synonym: porta-níqueis

Further reading

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