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alto.

loud

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈaw.tu/Brazil[ˈaʊ̯.tu]Brazil/ˈal.tu/Portugal[ˈaɫ.tu]Portugal
  1. loud

    comparable
  2. tall

    comparable
  3. high

    comparable
  4. excessive, extreme

    comparable · informal
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese alto, from Latin altus, ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin. This form is likely a semi-learned term, or was influenced by learned elements of the language and uses such an orthography, as with Galician and Spanish alto (which have popularly inherited variants outo and oto, respectively). There was once likely an *outo in Old Galician-Portuguese that is not attested, but which left an inherited descendant in Galician. See also outeiro, a related word.

adv/ˈaw.tu/Brazil[ˈaʊ̯.tu]Brazil/ˈal.tu/Portugal[ˈaɫ.tu]Portugal
  1. loud; loudly

    comparable
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese alto, from Latin altus, ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin. This form is likely a semi-learned term, or was influenced by learned elements of the language and uses such an orthography, as with Galician and Spanish alto (which have popularly inherited variants outo and oto, respectively). There was once likely an *outo in Old Galician-Portuguese that is not attested, but which left an inherited descendant in Galician. See also outeiro, a related word.

intj/ˈaw.tu/Brazil[ˈaʊ̯.tu]Brazil/ˈal.tu/Portugal[ˈaɫ.tu]Portugal
  1. halt!

Where this word comes from

From German halt, imperative form of German halten (“stop”).

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