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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stadium (“stadium for footraces, stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /isˈta.d͡ʒju/, /esˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /esˈta.d͡ʒju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /isˈta.d͡ʒju/, /esˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /esˈta.d͡ʒju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃˈta.d͡ʒju/, /eʃˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃˈta.d͡ʒju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈta.d͡ʒi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /esˈta.d͡ʒjo/
Noun
estádio m (plural estádios)
- stadium
- (historical) estadio, Portuguese stade or furlong, a traditional unit of distance of varying distance depending on the number of equatorial degrees reckoned per league
Coordinate terms
- (unit of distance): milha (8 estádios), légua (24 estádios), grau (432, 480, or 600 estádios)