expetativa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/, /ɐjʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.bɐ/ [(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.βɐ], /ejʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.bɐ/ [ejʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.βɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/, /ejʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/, /eʃ.pɛ.tɐˈti.vɐ/

Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ta‧ti‧va

Noun

expetativa f (plural expetativas)

(Portugal) alternative form of expectativa

Further reading

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