abaixador de língua

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “tongue lowerer”.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɦ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoɾ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɾ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoʁ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoɻ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɻ d͡ʒi ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ de ˈlĩ.ɡwa/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɦ de ˈlĩ.ɡwa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.baj.ʃɐˈdoɾ dɨ ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/ [ɐ.βaj.ʃɐˈðoɾ ðɨ ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.baj.ʃɐˈdo.ɾi dɨ ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/ [ɐ.βaj.ʃɐˈðo.ɾi ðɨ ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ]

  • Hyphenation: a‧bai‧xa‧dor de lín‧gu‧a

Noun

abaixador de língua m (plural abaixadores de língua)

  1. (Brazil, medicine) tongue depressor
    Synonyms: (Portugal) abaixa-língua, cataglóssio, cataglosso, glossocátoco

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