rebanho

Portuguese

Um rebanho de ovelhas ― A herd of sheep

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Galician rabaño and Spanish rebaño, possibly also with Catalan ramat. A pre-Roman substrate origin has not been discounted.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɐ̃.ɲu/ [heˈbɐ̃.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɐ̃.ɲu/ [heˈbɐ̃.j̃u]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɐ̃.ɲu/ [χeˈbɐ̃.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɐ.ɲo/ [heˈbɐ.ɲo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈbɐ.ɲu/ [ʁɨˈβɐ.ɲu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈbɐ.ɲu/ [ʁɨˈβɐ.ɲu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈba.ɲu/ [ʁɨˈβa.ɲu]

• Rhymes: -ɐɲu
• Hyphenation: re‧ba‧nho

Noun

rebanho m (plural rebanhos)

1. (collective) herd, flock

   Synonym: fato

2. (religion) flock

   Synonyms: fiéis, paroquianos

Further reading

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