avistamento
Portuguese
Etymology
From avistar (“to sight”) + -mento.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.vis.taˈmẽ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.viʃ.taˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.vis.taˈmẽ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.viʃ.tɐˈmẽ.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.biʃ.tɐˈmẽ.tu/ [ɐ.βiʃ.tɐˈmẽ.tu]
Noun
avistamento m (plural avistamentos)
- sighting (act of catching sight of something)
- Synonym: avistagem
- Avistamento de OVNI.
- UFO sighting.