extenuação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin extenuātiōnem. By surface analysis, extenuar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /es.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /eʃ.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: ex‧te‧nu‧a‧ção

Noun

extenuação f (plural extenuações)

  1. exhaustion (extreme tiredness)
    Synonym: exaustão