êxtase

See also: extase

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈeʃ.tɐ.zɨ/, /ˈɐjʃ.tɐ.zɨ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈeʃ.tɐ.zɨ/, /ˈejʃ.tɐ.zɨ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈeʃ.tɐ.zɨ/, /ˈejʃ.tɐ.zɨ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈeʃ.tɐ.zɨ/

  • Rhymes: -estazi, -ɐjʃtɐzɨ, -eʃtɐzɨ
  • Hyphenation: êx‧ta‧se

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστᾰσῐς (ékstăsĭs).

Noun

êxtase m (plural êxtases)

  1. ecstasy (intense emotion)
    Synonym: arrebatamento

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ecstasy, from Ancient Greek ἔκστᾰσῐς (ékstăsĭs) and Latin ecstasis.

Noun

êxtase m (plural êxtases)

  1. ecstasy (stimulant drug)
    Synonym: ecstasy
    Hypernyms: metilenodioximetanfetamina, midomafetamina

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