See alto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Portuguese terms derived from German",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Portuguese terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/altu",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/altu/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/awtu",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/awtu/2 syllables",
"es:Size"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "de",
"3": "halt",
"4": "halt"
},
"expansion": "German halt",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "de",
"3": "halten",
"t": "stop"
},
"expansion": "German halten (“stop”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From German halt, imperative form of German halten (“stop”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alto!",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "intj",
"head": "!"
},
"expansion": "alto!",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"al‧to"
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "intj",
"related": [
{
"word": "alto lá!"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"halt!"
],
"links": [
[
"halt",
"halt"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈaw.tu/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.tu]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaw.tu/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.tu]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaw.to/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.to]",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈal.tu/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaɫ.tu]",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaw.tʷ/",
"note": "Rural Central Brazil"
},
{
"homophone": "auto (Brazil)"
},
{
"rhymes": "(Portugal) -altu"
},
{
"rhymes": "(Brazil) -awtu"
}
],
"word": "alto"
}
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