esfolamento

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/, /esˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/, /eʃˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˌfɔ.lɐˈmẽ.tu/

Hyphenation: es‧fo‧la‧men‧to

Noun

esfolamento m (plural esfolamentos)

chafe (injury or wear caused by friction)
flaying (instance of removing someone’s skin)

Further reading

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