sotaque

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Arabic: صَوْت (ṣawtak) meaning ("your voice").

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ˈta.kɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.ˈta.ki/, /su.ˈta.ki/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.ˈta.ke/
• Hyphenation: so‧ta‧que
• Rhymes: -aki

Noun

sotaque m (plural sotaques)

1. (linguistics) accent (the manner of speaking or pronouncing peculiar to a community)

Related terms

• sotaquear