minuano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese minuano.

Noun

minuano (plural minuanos)

1. A powerful cold wind in southern Brazil that comes from south

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nuˈɐ̃.nu/ [mi.nʊˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /miˈnwɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nuˈɐ̃.nu/ [mi.nʊˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /miˈnwɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nuˈɐ.no/ [mi.nʊˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /miˈnwɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈnwɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈnwɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈnwa.nu/

• Hyphenation: mi‧nu‧a‧no

Noun

minuano m (plural minuanos)

1. (dialectal, Rio Grande do Sul) minuano, a powerful cold wind that comes from south

Spanish

Adjective

minuano (feminine minuana, masculine plural minuanos, feminine plural minuanas)

1. pertaining or related to the city of Minas, Uruguay

Further reading

• “minuano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16