entonação

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.to.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.to.naˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: en‧to‧na‧ção

Noun

entonação f (plural entonações)

  1. (music) intonation (act of sounding the tones of the musical scale)
  2. (linguistics) intonation (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)