sudeste

Corsican

U sudeste.

Etymology

From sud (“south”) +‎ este (“east”). Compare French sud-est and Italian sudest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsudˈeste/

Noun

sudeste m (uncountable)

1. southeast
   • 2019, Zosimov Premudroslovsky StaVl, Mutanti Sovetti: Fantasia divertente, →ISBN:

     Luntanu, luntanu à a fruntiera di l'antica URSS (avà Kazakistan) è a Cina, in u sudeste di a regione Semipalatinsk, vicinu à a cità de Ayaguz, traduttu cum'è "Oh toro", ci era un terrenu di teste nucleare cù una atmosfera radioattiva infettata ottenuta da a negligenza di i schientifichi in opera.

     Far, far away on the border of the former USSR (now Kazakhstan) and China, in the southeast of the region Semipalatinsk, next to the city of Ayaguz, translated as "Oh toro", there was a terrain of nuclear testing with an infected radioactive atmosphere obtained due to the negligence of the scientists in operation.

References

• “sudeste” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Portuguese

sudeste (noun sense 2) brasileiro ― Brazilian Southeast

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud-est (“southeast”), from sud (“south”) + est (“east”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈdɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈdɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suˈdɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈdɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈdɛʃ.tɨ/ [suˈðɛʃ.tɨ]

• Homophone: Sudeste
• Hyphenation: su‧des‧te

Noun

sudeste m (uncountable)

1. southeast (compass point)

   Synonyms: sueste, SE

3. Southeast (a region named for the cardinal direction in which it lies)

Usage notes

When used in reference a Southeastern region, without further qualification, this word is written capitalized: Sudeste, região Sudeste. In all other uses, including in phrases such as sudeste brasileiro, sudeste do Brasil, the lowercase spelling is used. In Portugal, under the Orthographic Agreement of 1945, the capitalized spelling was always employed when used in reference to a region, regardless of whether the name of a country was specified.

Derived terms

• Sudeste

Adjective

sudeste (invariable)

1. southeast, southeastern (relating to the southeast direction)
2. southeast, southeastward (situated towards or in the direction of the southeast)
3. southeast (coming from the southeast)

Coordinate terms

compass points: pontos cardeais:  ^[edit]

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈdeste/ [suˈð̞es.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: su‧des‧te

Noun

sudeste m (uncountable)

1. southeast

   Synonyms: sureste, sueste

Further reading

• “sudeste”, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sudeste, from French sud-est.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈdeste/ [sʊˈd̪ɛs.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: su‧des‧te

Noun

sudeste (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. southeast

   Synonym: timog-silangan

Related terms

• este
• sur

Adjective

sudeste (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. southeast

   Synonym: timog-silangan

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