televisão
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Portuguese
Etymology
Etymology tree
Portuguese televisão
From tele- + visão, calque of French télévision.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧vi‧são
Noun
televisão f (plural televisões)
- television; television set (device for receiving television signals)
- (uncountable) television (communication medium)
- Synonym: tevê
- (uncountable) television (programs broadcast via the medium of television)
- Synonym: tevê
- 2024 August 23, Marcio Seixas, 13:21 from the start, in Batcast, episode 13, spoken by Samir Murad, Rio de Janeiro, via YouTube:
- […] e na televisão, ao contrário do que se pode imaginar, […] você não tem direção, né? O que você fizer, se não tiver muito fora, tá valendo.
- And in television, contrary to what people might imagine, there's no directing, right? Whatever you do, if it isn't that off, is fine.
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Tëlevisong