barlavento

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Unknown. === Noun === barlavento m (uncountable) (hapax legomenon) windward side ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: barlavento === References === Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “barlavento”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa Machado, José Pedro (1995), “barlavento”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I (A–B), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 394, column 2 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === barlavẽto (obsolete, abbreviation) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese barlavento, of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽtu Hyphenation: bar‧la‧ven‧to === Noun === barlavento m (uncountable) the direction from which the wind is blowing; windward side Antonym: sotavento === Further reading === “barlavento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “barlavento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026