exposto

Galician

Participle

exposto (feminine exposta, masculine plural expostos, feminine plural expostas)

1. past participle of expoñer
2. past participle of expor

Portuguese

Etymology

From expor. The sense of foundling is a shortening of exposto na roda (exposed in the foundling wheel).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpos.tu/, /esˈpos.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpos.tu/, /esˈpos.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpoʃ.tu/, /eʃˈpoʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpos.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈpoʃ.tu/, /(i)ʃˈpoʃ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈpoʃ.tu/, /(i)ʃˈpoʃ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈpoʃ.tu/, /(i)ʃˈpoʃ.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈpoʃ.tu/, /(i)ʃˈpoʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eʃˈpoʃ.tu/, /(i)ʃˈpoʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
• Hyphenation: ex‧pos‧to

Adjective

exposto (feminine exposta, masculine plural expostos, feminine plural expostas, metaphonic)

1. exposed
2. visible, manifest, patent

Noun

exposto m (plural expostos, feminine exposta, feminine plural expostas, metaphonic)

1. foundling (child abandoned by its parents)

   Synonym: enjeitado

Participle

exposto (feminine exposta, masculine plural expostos, feminine plural expostas, metaphonic)

1. past participle of expor