lotaria

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See also: łotarìa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French loterie, from Italian lotteria.^[1]

Alternative forms

loteria (Brazil)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.taˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.taˈɾi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.tɐˈɾi.ɐ/

Homophone: lutaria (Portugal)
Hyphenation: lo‧ta‧ri‧a

Noun

lotaria f (plural lotarias)

(Portugal) lottery (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance)
1. (figurative) lottery (something decided by chance)

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

lotaria

first/third-person singular conditional of lotar

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