aquarela

Portuguese

Alternative forms

aguarela (European, chiefly)
aquarella (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian acquarella.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kwaˈɾɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kwaˈɾɛ.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.kwɐˈɾɛ.lɐ/

Hyphenation: a‧qua‧re‧la

Noun

aquarela f (plural aquarelas) (chiefly Brazilian spelling)

watercolour (pigment)
watercolour (painting)
watercolour (genre)

Further reading

“aquarela” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“aquarela” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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