Inglaterra
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Ingraterra, Englaterra, Engraterra.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ʁa/ [ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.ɡlɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ/
- Hyphenation: In‧gla‧ter‧ra
Proper noun
Inglaterra f
- England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Europe; capital: Londres)
- (proscribed, dated or informal) the United Kingdom
- Synonym: Reino Unido
Usage notes
Inglaterra belongs to a small group of place names (along with Espanha, França and Itália) which can be used without the definite article when governed by a preposition: Viveu muito tempo em Inglaterra.
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Calque of English England. Cognate with Medieval Latin Angliterra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inɡlaˈtera/ [ĩŋ.ɡlaˈt̪e.ra]
- Rhymes: -era
- Syllabification: In‧gla‧te‧rra
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “Inglaterra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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