melhoria

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʎoˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʎoˈɾi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʎuˈɾi.ɐ/

Rhymes: -iɐ
Hyphenation: me‧lho‧ri‧a

Noun

melhoria f (plural melhorias)

improvement, advance; progress
amelioration
enhancement
(Portugal, university slang) a retake or resit done with the intention of improving a previous passing grade
Coordinate term: recurso

Further reading

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