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dente de leite

Portuguese, noun/ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi d͡ʒi ˈlej.t͡ʃi/

dente de leite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “milk tooth (tooth of the first set of teeth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does dente de leite mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemilk tooth (tooth of the first set of teeth)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. o mesmo que dente do leite

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of dente de leite

  • dentes de leite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dente de leite?

  • Brazil /ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi d͡ʒi ˈlej.t͡ʃi/
  • Brazil [ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi d͡ʒi ˈleɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • Portugal /ˈdẽ.tɨ dɨ ˈlɐj.tɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.