circunlocução

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sih.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [siɾ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [siχ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /siɻ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [siɻ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũ.lu.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: cir‧cun‧lo‧cu‧ção

Noun

circunlocução f (plural circunlocuções)

  1. circumlocution (roundabout or indirect way of speaking)
    Synonym: circunlóquio
  2. circumlocution (roundabout expression)

Further reading

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