desculpável

Portuguese

Etymology

From desculpar +‎ -ável.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kuwˈpa.vew/ [des.kuʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯], /d͡ʒis.kuwˈpa.vew/ [d͡ʒis.kuʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kuwˈpa.vew/ [deʃ.kuʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯], /d͡ʒiʃ.kuwˈpa.vew/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kuʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kuwˈpa.vew/ [des.kuʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kulˈpa.vɛl/ [dɨʃ.kuɫˈpa.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kulˈpa.bɛl/ [dɨʃ.kuɫˈpa.βɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
Hyphenation: des‧cul‧pá‧vel

Adjective

desculpável m or f (plural desculpáveis)

excusable
Antonym: indesculpável

Further reading

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