remessa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin remissa, participle of remittō (“to send back”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.sɐ/ [heˈmɛ.sɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.sɐ/ [χeˈmɛ.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.sa/ [heˈmɛ.sa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈmɛ.sɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
Hyphenation: re‧mes‧sa

Noun

remessa f (plural remessas)

shipment (load of transported goods)
transfer, remittance (of money)

Further reading

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