açafata

Portuguese

Etymology

From açafate.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˈfa.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˈfa.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɐˈfa.tɐ/

Rhymes: -atɐ
Hyphenation: a‧ça‧fa‧ta

Noun

açafata f (plural açafatas)

lady-in-waiting (court lady who was in charge of the clothes of the ladies of the royal family and delivered them to a bagger)

Further reading

“açafata” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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