joanete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish juanete, from Juanete, diminutive of Juan. It is a name common in rural areas, whose depreciative stereotype in older times was the inhabitants having bunions, that is, "joanetes".

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.aˈne.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.aˈne.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.aˈne.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒwɐˈne.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: jo‧a‧ne‧te

Noun

joanete m (plural joanetes)

1. (pathology) bunion (bump on the big toe)