prontidão
Portuguese
Etymology
From pronto (“ready”) + -idão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾõ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [pɾõ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾõ.tiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [pɾõ.tiˈðɐ̃w̃]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: pron‧ti‧dão
Noun
prontidão f (plural prontidões)
- readiness (state or degree of being ready)
Further reading
- “prontidão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “prontidão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026