prontuário

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōmptuārium (repository).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾõ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾõˈtwa.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾõ.tuˈa.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾõˈtwa.ɾjo/

Noun

prontuário m (plural prontuários)

  1. a medical or criminal record
    Synonyms: registro, ficha
  2. repository (place for storage of things that need to be retrieved quickly)
    Synonym: repositório
  3. (Portugal) handbook; manual (book of reference on a certain field of knowledge)
    Synonym: manual