avenida

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avenida, from French avenue, from Old French avenue (feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”)), from Latin advenīre (“come to”, from ad (“to”) +‎ venīre (“come”)).

Noun

avenida f (plural avenidas)

1. avenue

Portuguese

avenida

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avenida, from French avenue, from Old French avenue (feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”)), from Latin advenīre (“come to”, from ad (“to”) +‎ venīre (“come”)).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈni.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈni.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈni.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨˈni.dɐ/ [ɐ.vɨˈni.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨˈni.dɐ/ [ɐ.vɨˈni.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈni.dɐ/ [ɐ.βɨˈni.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -idɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ve‧ni‧da

Noun

avenida f (plural avenidas)

1. avenue

Spanish

Etymology

From avenir, calque of French avenue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈnida/ [a.β̞eˈni.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧ni‧da

Noun

avenida f (plural avenidas)

1. avenue
2. flood

Descendants

• → Portuguese: avenida
• → Tagalog: abenida

Adjective

avenida f

1. feminine singular of avenido

Participle

avenida f sg

1. feminine singular of avenido

Further reading

• “avenida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014