vizinho

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vezinho, from Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus. Compare Galician veciño, Spanish vecino.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈzĩ.ɲu/ [viˈzĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈzi.ɲo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈzi.ɲu/, /viˈzi.ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzi.ɲu/, /biˈzi.ɲu/

(Central, Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): [vˈzi.ɲʷ]
(Algarve) IPA^(key): [vˈziɲ]
Rhymes: -iɲu
Homophone: vezinho (Portugal)
Hyphenation: vi‧zi‧nho

Adjective

vizinho (feminine vizinha, masculine plural vizinhos, feminine plural vizinhas)

neighbouring; adjacent (located next to something)
Synonym: adjacente

Casas vizinhas.
Neighbouring houses.
neighbouring; adjacent; contiguous (sharing a border)
Synonyms: adjacente, limítrofe, contíguo

Países vizinhos.
Neighbouring countries.
(figurative) analogous; related; connected (having many similarities)
Synonym: análogo

Conceitos vizinhos.
Analogous concepts.
(figurative) adjacent in a scale or rank
Synonym: adjacente

Ré e mi são notas vizinhas.
D and E are adjacent notes.

Noun

vizinho m (plural vizinhos, feminine vizinha, feminine plural vizinhas)

neighbor (person who lives next to another)
Ele é nosso vizinho.
He is our neighbor.
neighbor (place or object located next to another)

Derived terms

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: vizinhu
Kabuverdianu: bizinhu
Papiamentu: bisiña

References

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