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Portuguese
Etymology
From sustentar + -ável.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
- Hyphenation: sus‧ten‧tá‧vel
Adjective
sustentável m or f (plural sustentáveis)
- tenable
- defensible
- bearable
- sustainable
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sustentável”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “sustentável”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “sustentável” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “sustentável”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “sustentável”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “sustentável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024