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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin admīrābilis. Compare Galician, Spanish, Catalan, French, and English admirable. By surface analysis, admirar + -ável
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa.vew/ , /ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa.vew/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa.vew/ , /a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa.vew/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
- Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧rá‧vel
Adjective
admirável m or f (plural admiráveis)
- admirable (worthy of being admired)
- Antonyms: detestável, execrável, reprovável
Derived terms
Further reading
- “admirável”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “admirável”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “admirável” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “admirável”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “admirável”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “admirável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024