sudoeste

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sudueste (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud-ouest.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.doˈɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.doˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.doˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈdwɛʃ.tɨ/ [suˈðwɛʃ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈdwɛʃ.tɨ/ [suˈðwɛʃ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈdwɛʃ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: su‧do‧es‧te

Noun

sudoeste m (uncountable)

1. southwest

Coordinate terms

compass points: pontos cardeais:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

Further reading

• “sudoeste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sudoeste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sudoest, suduest, sudueste (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud-ouest.

Noun

sudoeste m (uncountable)

1. southwest

   Synonym: suroeste

Descendants

• → Tagalog: sudoeste

Further reading

• “sudoeste”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sudoweste

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sudoeste, from French sud-ouest.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sudoˈeste/ [sʊ.d̪oˈwɛs.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: su‧do‧es‧te

Noun

sudoeste (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. southwest

   Synonyms: timog-kanluran, salatan

Related terms

• oeste
• sur

Adjective

sudoeste (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. southwest

   Synonyms: timog-kanluran, salatan

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

hilagang-kanluran norweste	hilaga norte	hilagang-silangan nordeste
oksidente kanluran oeste		oryente silangan este
salatan timog-kanluran sudoeste	sur timog	timog-silangan sudeste

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 543