prefeitura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.fejˈtu.ɾɐ/ [pɾe.feɪ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.fejˈtu.ɾɐ/ [pɾe.feɪ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.fejˈtu.ɾa/ [pɾe.feɪ̯ˈtu.ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.fɐjˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.fɐjˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.fejˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.fejˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.feˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pre‧fei‧tu‧ra

Noun

prefeitura f (plural prefeituras)

1. prefecture (the district governed by a prefect)
2. prefecture (the office or position of a prefect)
3. town hall (a building that houses the local government offices of a town)
4. (Brazil) city hall (building that houses a city government)

   Synonym: câmara municipal

Further reading

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