escuridão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escuridom, escoridõe; by surface analysis, escuro +‎ idão.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [is.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.ku.ɾiˈðɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: es‧cu‧ri‧dão

Noun

escuridão f (plural escuridões)

  1. darkness
  2. gloom
  3. obscurity
  4. night

Further reading
  • “escuridão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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