postigo
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese postigoo, from Latin postīcum (“back door”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: pos‧ti‧go
=== Noun ===
postigo m (plural postigos)
a small window, peephole, hatch
shutter (protective panels over a window)
scuttle
wicket, wicket gate
=== Further reading ===
“postigo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“postigo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish postigo, from Latin postīcum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /posˈtiɡo/ [posˈt̪i.ɣ̞o]
Rhymes: -iɡo
Syllabification: pos‧ti‧go
=== Noun ===
postigo m (plural postigos)
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