rede social
Galician
Noun
rede social f (plural redes sociais)
Portuguese
Etymology
Calque of English social network, a term coined in 1954 by John Arundel Barnes.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.d͡ʒi so.siˈaw/ [ˈhe.d͡ʒi so.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁe.d͡ʒi soˈsjaw/ [ˈhe.d͡ʒi soˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.d͡ʒi so.siˈaw/ [ˈχe.d͡ʒi so.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁe.d͡ʒi soˈsjaw/ [ˈχe.d͡ʒi soˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.de so.siˈaw/ [ˈhe.de so.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁe.de soˈsjaw/ [ˈhe.de soˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.dɨ suˈsjal/ [ˈʁe.ðɨ suˈsjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.dɨ suˈsja.li/ [ˈʁe.ðɨ suˈsja.li]
Noun
rede social f (plural redes sociais)
- (collective, sociology) social network
- (Internet) social network (an on-line network of personal or business contacts)
- (Internet) a social medium; a website or other online service that is part of the social media
Further reading
- “rede social”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026