postigo

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese postigoo, from Latin postīcum (“back door”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʃˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈt͡ʃi.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃˈti.ɡu/ [puʃˈti.ɣu]

Hyphenation: pos‧ti‧go

Noun

postigo m (plural postigos)

a small window, peephole, hatch
shutter (protective panels over a window)
scuttle
wicket, wicket gate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin postīcum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posˈtiɡo/ [posˈt̪i.ɣ̞o]
Rhymes: -iɡo
Syllabification: pos‧ti‧go

Noun

postigo m (plural postigos)

shutter (protective panels over a window)
Synonym: contraventana

Further reading

“postigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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