porta-rolos

Portuguese

A toilet roll holder

A paper towel holder

Etymology

From portar +‎ rolo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.tɐˈʁo.lus/ [ˌpɔh.tɐˈho.lus]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈʁo.lus/ [ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈho.lus]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.tɐˈʁo.luʃ/ [ˌpɔχ.tɐˈχo.luʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɻ.taˈʁo.los/ [ˌpɔɻ.taˈho.los]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈʁo.luʃ/

Hyphenation: por‧ta‧ro‧los

Noun

porta-rolos m (invariable)

toilet roll holder
Synonym: (Brazil) papeleira
(Canada, US, Australia) paper towel holder, (UK) kitchen roll holder

Further reading

“porta-rolos” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
“porta-rolos” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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