embaixador

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“servant”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɾ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoχ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoχ]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoɻ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɻ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoɻ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɻ]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈðoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈðo.ɾi]

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: em‧bai‧xa‧dor

Noun

embaixador m (plural embaixadores)

  1. ambassador
    Synonym: legado

Further reading

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