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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hernia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈɛʁ.njɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈɛʁ.njɐ/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈɛɾ.njɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈɛʁ.njɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛɻ.ni.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈɛɻ.nja/
Noun
hérnia f (plural hérnias)
- (pathology) hernia
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hérnia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “hérnia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “hérnia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “hérnia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “hérnia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “hérnia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024