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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abstēmius. By surface analysis, abstemia + -io.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛmju
- Hyphenation: abs‧té‧mi‧o
Adjective
abstémio (feminine abstémia, masculine plural abstémios, feminine plural abstémias) (European Portuguese spelling)
- abstemious, teetotal
Noun
abstémio m (plural abstémios, feminine abstémia, feminine plural abstémias) (European Portuguese spelling)
- teetotaler
Further reading
- “abstémio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “abstémio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “abstémio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “abstémio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024