postigo

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/

• (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)

2. a small window, peephole, hatch
4. shutter (protective panels over a window)
6. scuttle
8. wicket, wicket gate

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin postīcum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

postigo m (plural postigos)

2. shutter (protective panels over a window)

   Synonym: contraventana

Further reading

• “postigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025