sotavento

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sotavent.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.taˈvẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.taˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.taˈvẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.tɐˈvẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.tɐˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.tɐˈbẽ.tu/ [su.tɐˈβẽ.tu]

• Hyphenation: so‧ta‧ven‧to

Noun

sotavento m (plural sotaventos)

1. the direction towards which the wind is blowing, leeward side

   Antonym: barlavento

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sotavent, from sota (“under”) + vent (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sotaˈbento/ [so.t̪aˈβ̞ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: so‧ta‧ven‧to

Noun

sotavento m (plural sotaventos)

1. leeward side

   Antonym: barlovento

Further reading

• “sotavento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28