joanete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish juanete, from Juanete, diminutive of Juan. It is a name common in rural areas, whose depreciative stereotype in older times was the inhabitants having bunions, that is, "joanetes".[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒo.aˈne.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒo.aˈne.te/

  • Hyphenation: jo‧a‧ne‧te

Noun

joanete m (plural joanetes)

  1. (pathology) bunion (bump on the big toe)

References
  1. “joanete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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