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Portuguese
Noun
espectáculo m (plural espectáculos)
- (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of espetáculo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spectaculum. Cognate with English spectacle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espeɡˈtakulo/
- Rhymes: -akulo
- Syllabification: es‧pec‧tá‧cu‧lo
Noun
espectáculo m (plural espectáculos)
- show, performance (play, dance, some act or series of acts of public entertainment, often live)
Es el mejor espectáculo en Broadway.- It's the best show on Broadway.
- spectacle, show
He oído que hiciste todo un espectáculo.- I heard you put on quite a show.
Vale, ahora sólo estamos dando un espectáculo de nosotros.- Okay, now we're just making a spectacle of ourselves.
Nunca había visto semejante gran espectáculo como eso.- Never had I seen such a grand spectacle as that.
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