contraforte

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [kõ.tɾaˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [kõ.tɾaˈfɔχ.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈfɔɻ.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈfɔɾ.tɨ/

  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧for‧te

Noun

contraforte m (plural contrafortes)

  1. (architecture) buttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
    Synonym: botaréu
  2. buttress (feature jutting out from mountain)
  3. buttress (anything that serves to support something else)
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