vocabulário

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See also: vocabulario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin vocābulārium. By surface analysis, vocábulo +‎ -ário.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.kɐ.buˈla.ɾju/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.kɐ.buˈla.ɾju/

Hyphenation: vo‧cá‧bu‧lá‧ri‧o

Noun

vocabulário m (plural vocabulários)

vocabulary (set of words used by an individual)
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:
  [...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...]
  his vocabulary had only five words
vocabulary; lexicon; terminology (set of words used in a particular field)
Synonym: terminologia
vocabulary; wordlist (a document containing a list of words, especially one with less information than a dictionary)
Synonyms: glossário, elucidário
(linguistics) vocabulary; lexicon (the words of a language)
Synonym: léxico
(informal) language (insults and vulgarities)
Synonym: palavreado

Olha o vocabulário, menininho!
Watch the language, little boy!

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