apagão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apagón[1] or from apagar +‎ -ão.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.paˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.paˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɐˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.pɐˈɣɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: a‧pa‧gão

Noun

apagão m (plural apagões)

  1. blackout (mains electricity failure)
    Synonyms: blecaute, blackout
  2. blackout (an instance of censorship, especially a temporary one)
    o apagão da Wikipédia em inglês em 2012 ― the 2012 English Wikipedia blackout
  3. blackout, shutdown
    Preoupação na Ucrânia com um possível apagão maciço da Internet. ― Concern in Ukraine about a possible massive Internet blackout (or: shutdown).
  4. blackout (loss of consciousness)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “apagão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “apagão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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