coronavírus

See also: Coronavirus, coronavirus, corona-virus, and corona virus

Portuguese

Etymology

From English coronavirus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˌɾõ.naˈvi.ɾus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˌɾõ.naˈvi.ɾuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˌɾo.naˈvi.ɾus/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˌɾo.nɐˈvi.ɾuʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˌɾo.nɐˈbi.ɾuʃ/ [kuˌɾo.nɐˈβi.ɾuʃ]

Hyphenation: co‧ro‧na‧ví‧rus

Noun

coronavírus m (invariable)

(virology) coronavirus (a member of the genus Coronavirus)
(in particular) coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that caused the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic)

Derived terms

coronaviral

Further reading

“coronavírus” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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