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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēmicirculus. By surface analysis, semi- + círculo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: se‧mi‧cír‧cu‧lo
Noun
semicírculo m (plural semicírculos)
- semicircle (half of a circle)
Further reading
- “semicírculo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “semicírculo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “semicírculo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “semicírculo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “semicírculo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “semicírculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēmicirculus. By surface analysis, semi- + círculo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /semiˈθiɾkulo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /semiˈsiɾkulo/
- Rhymes: -iɾkulo
- Syllabification: se‧mi‧cír‧cu‧lo
Noun
semicírculo m (plural semicírculos)
- semicircle
- (soccer) penalty arc, semicircle, the D (an arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area)
- Synonym: medialuna
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