joanete

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish juanete, from Juanete, diminutive of Juan. It is a name common in rural areas, whose depreciative stereotype in older times was the inhabitants having bunions, that is, "joanetes".^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.aˈne.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.aˈne.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒwɐˈne.tɨ/

Hyphenation: jo‧a‧ne‧te

Noun edit

joanete m (plural joanetes)

(pathology) bunion (bump on the big toe)

References edit

^ “joanete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

[1] “joanete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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