impermeável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impermeābilis. By surface analysis, im- +‎ permeável or impermear +‎ -ável. Akin to Galician impermeábel, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and English impermeable.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peɦ.meˈa.veʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peɾ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peɾ.meˈa.veʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peʁ.meˈa.veʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peɻ.meˈa.vew/ [ĩ.peɻ.meˈa.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.vɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.bɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾˈmja.βɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
Hyphenation: im‧per‧me‧á‧vel

Adjective

impermeável m or f (plural impermeáveis)

waterproof; watertight (which doesn’t let water in)
Antonym: permeável

Derived terms

impermeabilizar
impermeabilização

Noun

impermeável m (plural impermeáveis)

raincoat

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