carmelita

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carmelītes.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.meˈli.tɐ/ [kaɦ.meˈli.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.meˈli.tɐ/ [kaɦ.meˈli.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.meˈli.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.meˈli.tɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.meˈli.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.mɨˈli.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: car‧me‧li‧ta

Adjective

carmelita m or f (plural carmelitas, not comparable)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Carmelite

   Synonym: carmelitano

Noun

carmelita m or f by sense (plural carmelitas)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Carmelite

   Synonym: carmelitano

Further reading

• “carmelita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carmelita”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “carmelita” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “carmelita”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “carmelita”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “carmelita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian carmelita, from Latin carmelītes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾmeˈlita/ [kaɾ.meˈli.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: car‧me‧li‧ta

Adjective

carmelita m or f (masculine and feminine plural carmelitas)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Carmelite

   Synonym: carmelitano

Noun

carmelita m or f by sense (plural carmelitas)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Carmelite

   Synonym: carmelitano

Further reading

• “carmelita”, 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