desenho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbalfromdesenhar(“to design, draw”),fromLatindēsīgnō(“to design”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/deˈzẽ.ɲu/[deˈzẽ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/deˈze.ɲo/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/dɨˈzɐ(j).ɲu/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/dɨˈzɐ(j).ɲu/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/dɨˈze.ɲu/
  • (Central Portugal)IPA^(key):/dɨˈze.ɲu/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/dɨˈze.ɲu/

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• Rhymes:-eɲu,(Portugal)-ɐɲu
• Hyphenation:de‧se‧nho

Noun

desenhom(pluraldesenhos)

1. drawing

   Synonyms:debuxo,esboço,delineio

2. (uncountable,uncommon)design

   Synonym:design

3. (colloquial)Ellipsisofdesenho animado;cartoon

Related terms

• desenhado
• desenhador
• desenhar(“to draw”)
• desenhista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

desenho

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofdesenhar