explanada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.plaˈna.dɐ/, /es.plaˈna.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.plaˈna.dɐ/, /es.plaˈna.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.plaˈna.dɐ/, /eʃ.plaˈna.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.plaˈna.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃ.plɐˈna.dɐ/ [ɐjʃ.plɐˈna.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃ.plɐˈna.dɐ/ [ɐjʃ.plɐˈna.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃ.plɐˈna.dɐ/ [ejʃ.plɐˈna.ðɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃ.plɐˈna.dɐ/ [ejʃ.plɐˈna.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eʃ.plɐˈna.dɐ/ [eʃ.plɐˈna.ðɐ]

Participle

explanada f sg

1. feminine singular of explanado

Spanish

Etymology

From older esplanada, from obsolete esplanar (“to flatten, to make level”), from Latin explānō (“to extend, to spread, to clarify, to explain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsplaˈnada/ [eɣ̞s.plaˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ex‧pla‧na‧da

Noun

explanada f (plural explanadas)

1. esplanade, concourse (large, clear and level open space)

Derived terms

• Explanada de las Mezquitas

 

Participle

explanada f sg

1. feminine singular of explanado

Further reading

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