impermeável
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin impermeābilis. By surface analysis, im- + permeável or impermear + -ável. Akin to Galician impermeábel, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and English impermeable.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
- Hyphenation: im‧per‧me‧á‧vel
Adjective
editimpermeável m or f (plural impermeáveis)
- waterproof; watertight (which doesn’t let water in)
- Antonym: permeável
Derived terms
editNoun
editimpermeável m (plural impermeáveis)
- raincoat
- Synonym: (Brazil) capa de chuva
Further reading
edit- “impermeável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/avɛl
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