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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish desperdicio, from Medieval Latin desperditio, from disperdere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.peʁˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /des.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/ , /d͡ʒis.peʁˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.peʁˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /des.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/ , /d͡ʒis.peʁˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.peɾˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /des.peɾˈd͡ʒi.sju/, /d͡ʒis.peɾˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.peɾˈd͡ʒi.sju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.peʁˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /deʃ.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/, /d͡ʒiʃ.peʁˈd͡ʒi.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃ.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.peɻˈd͡ʒi.si.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /des.peɻˈd͡ʒi.sjo/
- Hyphenation: des‧per‧dí‧ci‧o
Noun
desperdício m (plural desperdícios)
- waste, wastage
- (in the plural) rubbish