sofito
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: so‧fi‧to
Noun edit
sofito m (plural sofitos)
- (architecture) soffit (visible underside of an arch or other architectural element)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, perfect passive participle of Latin suffīgō (“to fasten or fix onto”); compare Classical suffīxus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sofito m (plural sofitos)
Further reading edit
- “sofito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014