vitrola

Portuguese

Etymology

From the trademark Victrola.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈtɾɔ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: vi‧tro‧la

Noun

vitrola f (plural vitrolas)

1. (Brazil, historical) gramophone

   Synonyms: grafonola, gramofone

2. (Brazil) record player

   Synonyms: toca-discos, (Portugal) gira-discos

3. (Brazil, figurative) chatterbox, blabbermouth, yaker

References

• “vitrola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “vitrola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “vitrola”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “vitrola”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From the brand Victrola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈtɾola/ [biˈt̪ɾo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: vi‧tro‧la

Noun

vitrola f (plural vitrolas)

1. gramophone

Further reading

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