cemitério

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Portuguese

Um cemitério

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “to put to sleep”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /se.miˈtɛ.ɾju/, /si.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.miˈtɛ.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /se.miˈtɛ.ɾjo/

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  • Hyphenation: ce‧mi‧té‧ri‧o

Noun

cemitério m (plural cemitérios)

  1. cemetery; graveyard (place where bodies are buried)
  2. (figurative) a place without people
    O parque está um cemitério.
    The park is completely empty.

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