bê-á-bá

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === beabá bê-a-bá, bê-à-bá (misspelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from French b-a ba, from a stereotypical nursery school-lesson: b-a is pronounced "ba". === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bê-‧á-‧bá === Noun === bê-á-bá m (plural bê-á-bás) ABCs (the first steps to learning to read) Synonyms: alfabeto, abecedário, á-bê-cê (by extension) an exercise in spelling (by extension) a book or table containing exercises in spelling Synonyms: cartilha, silabário (figurative) the basics, the fundamentals (the first essential concepts and abilities of an activity) === Further reading === “bê-á-bá”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bê-á-bá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “bê-á-bá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “bê-á-bá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026