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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin variābilis. By surface analysis, variar + -ável.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.ɾiˈa.vew/ , (faster pronunciation) /vaˈɾja.vew/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
- Hyphenation: va‧ri‧á‧vel
Adjective
variável m or f (plural variáveis, comparable, comparative mais variável, superlative o mais variável or variabilíssimo)
- variable (able to vary)
Quotations
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Derived terms
Noun
variável f (plural variáveis)
- variable (something able to vary)
- (programming) variable (named memory location)
Quotations
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