vizinho

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vezinho, from Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus. Compare Galician veciño, Spanish vecino.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈzĩ.ɲu/ [viˈzĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈzĩ.ɲu/ [viˈzĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈzi.ɲo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈzi.ɲu/, /viˈzi.ɲu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈzi.ɲu/, /viˈzi.ɲu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzi.ɲu/, /biˈzi.ɲu/

• (Central, Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): [vˈzi.ɲʷ]
• (Algarve) IPA^(key): [vˈziɲ]
• Rhymes: -iɲu
• Homophone: vezinho (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: vi‧zi‧nho

Adjective

vizinho (feminine vizinha, masculine plural vizinhos, feminine plural vizinhas)

2. neighbouring; adjacent (located next to something)

   Synonym: adjacente

   Casas vizinhas.

   Neighbouring houses.

4. neighbouring; adjacent; contiguous (sharing a border)

   Synonyms: adjacente, limítrofe, contíguo

   Países vizinhos.

   Neighbouring countries.

6. (figurative) analogous; related; connected (having many similarities)

   Synonym: análogo

   Conceitos vizinhos.

   Analogous concepts.

8. (figurative) adjacent in a scale or rank

   Synonym: adjacente

   Ré e mi são notas vizinhas.

   D and E are adjacent notes.

Noun

vizinho m (plural vizinhos, feminine vizinha, feminine plural vizinhas)

2. neighbor (person who lives next to another)

   Ele é nosso vizinho.

   He is our neighbor.

4. neighbor (place or object located next to another)

Derived terms

• vizindário
• vizinhada
• vizinhança
• vizinhar

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: vizinhu
• Kabuverdianu: bizinhu
• Papiamentu: bisiña

References

• 'Diga-se me-nis-tro, e não mi-nis-tro' in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa
• 'Diz-se ministro ou menistro? Vizinho ou vezinho?' in RTP Ensina