Brasil

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Brasil A mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland. Synonym: Hy-Brasil === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Brasil Archaic form of Brazil. === Anagrams === Barils, Libras, brails, libras == Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾaˈsil] Rhymes: -il Syllabification: Bra‧sil === Proper noun === Brasil m Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈzil] IPA(key): (Valencia) [bɾaˈzil] === Proper noun === Brasil m Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== brasiler (“Brazilian”) == Central Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Brasil Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Brasil Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Papiamentu Brasil, likely derived from brasil (“brazilwood, Haematoxylum brasiletto”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Bra‧sil === Proper noun === Brasil n a village in Aruba == Galician == === Proper noun === Brasil m Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== brasileiro == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Brasil. Doublet of Brasilje. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /praˈsiːl/ Rhymes: -iːl Syllabification: Bra‧sil === Proper noun === Brasil m Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Interlingua == === Proper noun === Brasil Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) == Manx == === Alternative forms === Brasseel === Etymology === Borrowed from English Brazil. === Proper noun === Yn Vrasil f Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== Brasillagh === Mutation === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Brasil Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== brasilianer brasiliansk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Brasil Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== brasilianar brasiliansk == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Brazil (pre-reform spelling) Braziu (eye dialect) === Etymology === From brasil, ellipsis of pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation, from pau (“wood”) + brasil (“ember-coloured”), from brasa (“embers”) + -il. Displaced Santa Cruz / Vera Cruz as the name for the Portuguese colony. Etymologically unrelated to the Irish mythical island Hy-Brasil. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw Homophone: brasil Hyphenation: Bra‧sil === Proper noun === Brasil m (plural Brasis) Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: República Federativa do Brasil; capital: Brasília) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Brazil → Hunsrik: Brasil ⇒ Japanese: ブラジル (Burajiru) → Nheengatu: Braziu == Spanish == === Etymology === From brasil (“brazilwood”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾaˈsil] Rhymes: -il Syllabification: Bra‧sil === Proper noun === Brasil m Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Usage notes ==== The definite article is optional when referring to Brazil in Spanish (i.e. el Brasil). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: Brasil ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Brasil”, 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 == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Brazil === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Brasil (“Brazil”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾɐˈsɪl] Rhymes: -il Syllabification: Bra‧sil === Proper noun === Brasíl (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜎ᜔) Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== Brasilenyo Brasilenya == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /braˈsɪl/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /braˈzɪl/ Rhymes: -ɪl === Proper noun === Brasil f Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Gweriniaeth Ffederal Brasil) ==== Coordinate terms ==== === Mutation === == Western Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Brasil Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)