contramedida

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.mɨˈdi.dɐ/ [kõ.tɾɐ.mɨˈði.ðɐ]

  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧me‧di‧da

Noun

contramedida f (plural contramedidas)

  1. countermeasure (any action taken to counteract or correct another)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From contra- +‎ medida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkontɾameˈdida/ [ˌkõn̪.t̪ɾa.meˈð̞i.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ida
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧me‧di‧da

Noun

contramedida f (plural contramedidas)

  1. countermeasure

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “contramedida”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]