avarento

Portuguese

Etymology

From avaro +‎ -ento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈɾẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈɾẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈɾẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈɾẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈɾẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈɾẽ.tu/ [ɐ.βɐˈɾẽ.tu]

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ren‧to

Adjective

avarento (feminine avarenta, masculine plural avarentos, feminine plural avarentas)

1. miserly, mean, stingy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:avarento

Further reading

• “avarento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “avarento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026