desserviço
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.seʁˈvi.su/ [de.seɦˈvi.su], /d͡ʒi.seʁˈvi.su/ [d͡ʒi.seɦˈvi.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.seɾˈvi.su/, /d͡ʒi.seɾˈvi.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.seʁˈvi.su/, /d͡ʒi.seʁˈvi.su/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /de.seɻˈvi.su/, /d͡ʒi.seɻˈvi.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.seʁˈvi.so/ [de.seɦˈvi.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃ.sɨɾˈvi.su/, /dɨ.ʃɨɾˈvi.su/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃ.sɨɾˈbi.su/ [dɨʃ.sɨɾˈβi.su], /dɨ.ʃɨɾˈbi.su/ [dɨ.ʃɨɾˈβi.su]
Noun
desserviço m (plural desserviços)
- disservice (an act that does more harm than good)
- Os artigos desse cara são um desserviço à humanidade. ― This guy’s articles are a disservice to humanity.
Further reading
- “desserviço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “desserviço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026