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Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin praesidium.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈzi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈzi.d͡ʒju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈzi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈzi.d͡ʒju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈzi.d͡ʒi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈzi.d͡ʒjo/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -id͡ʒiu, (Portugal) -idju
- Hyphenation: pre‧sí‧di‧o
Noun
presídio m (plural presídios)
- penitentiary
- Synonym: penitenciária
- (loosely) prision; jail
- Synonyms: prisão, cadeia
Further reading
- “presídio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “presídio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “presídio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “presídio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “presídio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024