orfanato

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

• orfo

• “orfanato”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

From órfão (“orphan”) +‎ -ato.

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: or‧fa‧na‧to

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

   Cresci em um orfanato.

   I grew up in an orphanage.

• “orfanato” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From huérfano (“orphan”) +‎ -ato.

• IPA^(key): /oɾfaˈnato/ [oɾ.faˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: or‧fa‧na‧to

orfanato m (plural orfanatos)

1. orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

   Synonym: orfelinato

• “orfanato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014