preboste

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan prebost, from Latin praepositus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈbɔs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈbɔs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈbɔʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈbɔs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈbɔʃ.tɨ/ [pɾɨˈβɔʃ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: pre‧bos‧te

Noun

preboste m (plural prebostes)

1. (military) provost (military prison keeper)
2. (religion) provost (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan prebost, from Latin praepositus.

Noun

preboste m (plural prebostes)

1. provost

Further reading

• “preboste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014