bem-posto
Portuguese
Etymology
From bem (“well”) + posto (“placed”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbẽj̃ˈpos.tu/ [ˌbẽɪ̯̃ˈpos.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌbẽj̃ˈpoʃ.tu/ [ˌbẽɪ̯̃ˈpoʃ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbẽj̃ˈpos.to/ [ˌbẽɪ̯̃ˈpos.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌbɐ̃j̃ˈpoʃ.tu/
- Hyphenation: bem‧-pos‧to
Adjective
bem-posto (feminine bem-posta, masculine plural bem-postos, feminine plural bem-postas)
- well-groomed
- Antonym: malposto
Related terms
Further reading
- “bem-posto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025