ergástulo

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ergastulum.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈɡas.tu.lu/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾˈɡas.tu.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁˈɡaʃ.tu.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eɻˈɡas.tu.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈɡaʃ.tu.lu/

Hyphenation: er‧gás‧tu‧lo

Noun

ergástulo m (plural ergástulos)

(historical, Ancient Rome) workhouse, labour camp
prison
Synonyms: cárcere, enxovia

References

^ “ergástulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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