rosto

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rostro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rōstrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈros̺.to/

Noun

rosto m (plural rostos)

1. face
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 199 (facsimile):

     ⁊ tornoullo roſto negro […]

     And made his face grew blacker […]

Descendants

• Galician: rostro
• Portuguese: rosto

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rosto, rostro, from Latin rōstrum. Doublet of rostro, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁos.tu/ [ˈhos.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁos.tu/ [ˈhos.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃ.tu/ [ˈχoʃ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁos.to/ [ˈhos.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃ.tu/

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
• Hyphenation: ros‧to

Noun

rosto m (plural rostos)

1. face (part of head)

   Synonyms: cara, face

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:

     Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.

     It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:

     Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]

     Then the smile reappeared in his face [...]

Derived terms

• rostinho (diminutive)

Descendants

• Kristang: rostu

Further reading

• “rosto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “rosto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “rosto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Verb

rosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of rostir