orfanato

Galician

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

  1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From órfão (orphan) + -ato.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atu

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

  1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
    Cresci em um orfanato.
    I grew up in an orphanage.

Further reading

  • orfanato” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

huérfano (orphan) + -ato

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾfaˈnato/ [oɾ.faˈna.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: or‧fa‧na‧to

Noun

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

  1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
    Synonym: orfelinato

Further reading

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