emburrecimento
Portuguese
Etymology
From emburrecer + -imento.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bu.ʁe.siˈmẽ.tu/ [ẽ.bu.he.siˈmẽ.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bu.ʁe.siˈmẽ.tu/ [ĩ.bu.he.siˈmẽ.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bu.ʁe.siˈmẽ.tu/ [ẽ.bu.χe.siˈmẽ.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bu.ʁe.siˈmẽ.tu/ [ĩ.bu.χe.siˈmẽ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bu.ʁe.siˈmẽ.to/ [ẽ.bu.he.siˈmẽ.to], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bu.ʁe.siˈmẽ.to/ [ĩ.bu.he.siˈmẽ.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bu.ʁɨ.siˈmẽ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: em‧bur‧re‧ci‧men‧to
Noun
emburrecimento m (plural emburrecimentos)
- dumbification, the act of becoming or making dumb, less intelligent
Further reading
- “emburrecimento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “emburrecimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026