flerte

See also: flêrte

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English flirt.

Alternative forms

• flêrte (pre-reform spelling)
• flarte

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfleʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfleh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfleʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfleh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfleʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfleχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɾ.tɨ/

Noun

flerte m (plural flertes)

1. (Brazil) flirt (instance of flirting, courting)

   Synonym: flertada

2. (Brazil) flirtation; courtship

   Synonym: cortejo

Derived terms

• flertezinho (diminutive)

Related terms

• flertar

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• flarte

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈflɛh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈflɛh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈflɛχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɾ.tɨ/

Verb

flerte

1. inflection of flertar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “flerte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “flerte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025