vaidade

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vãidade, vãydade, from Latin vānitātem, from vānus. Compare vanidade, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vajˈda.d͡ʒi/ [vaɪ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vajˈda.d͡ʒi/ [vaɪ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vajˈda.de/ [vaɪ̯ˈda.de]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vajˈda.dɨ/ [vajˈða.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vajˈda.dɨ/ [vajˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bajˈda.dɨ/ [bajˈða.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: vai‧da‧de

Noun

vaidade f (plural vaidades)

1. vanity, conceit, pride
2. ostentation
3. presumption

Related terms

• vão