sofito

Portuguese

Noun

sofito m (plural sofitos)

(architecture) soffit (visible underside of an arch or other architectural element)

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, perfect passive participle of Latin suffīgō (“to fasten or fix onto”); compare Classical suffīxus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈfito/ [soˈfi.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ito
Syllabification: so‧fi‧to

Noun

sofito m (plural sofitos)

(architecture) soffit

Further reading

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

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