nébula
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nebula.[1][2] Doublet of névoa.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.bu.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.bu.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.bu.lɐ/ [ˈnɛ.βu.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛbulɐ
- Hyphenation: né‧bu‧la
Noun
nébula f (plural nébulas)
References
- ^ “nébula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “nébula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “nébula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnebula/ [ˈne.β̞u.la]
- Rhymes: -ebula
- Syllabification: né‧bu‧la
Noun
nébula f (plural nébulas)
- (Puerto Rico, figurative) unreliable, uncertain affair or matter
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Further reading
- “nébula”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010