enseada
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From en- + seio (“curve, bend”) + -ada, from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽo, from Latin sinus (“curve, bend”). Compare Spanish ensenada.
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈa.dɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.siˈa.dɐ/ [ẽ.sɪˈa.dɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈsja.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈa.dɐ/ [ĩ.sɪˈa.dɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈsja.dɐ/
- Hyphenation: en‧se‧a‧da
Noun edit
enseada f (plural enseadas)
- cove (a small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds)