brigadeiro-general
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾi.ɡaˌde(j).ɾu.ʒe.neˈɾaw/ [bɾi.ɡaˌde(ɪ̯).ɾu.ʒe.neˈɾaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾi.ɡaˌde(j).ɾo.ʒe.neˈɾaw/ [bɾi.ɡaˌde(ɪ̯).ɾo.ʒe.neˈɾaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾi.ɡɐˌdɐj.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾal/ [bɾi.ɣɐˌðɐj.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾaɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾi.ɡɐˌdej.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾal/ [bɾi.ɣɐˌðej.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾaɫ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾi.ɡɐˌdej.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾal/ [bɾi.ɣɐˌðej.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾi.ɡɐˌde.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾa.li/ [bɾi.ɣɐˌðe.ɾu.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾa.li]
- Hyphenation: bri‧ga‧dei‧ro-ge‧ne‧ral
Noun
brigadeiro-general m (plural brigadeiros-generais)
- (military) brigadier general (rank of general officer of the Army and Air Force, superior to that of colonel and inferior to that of major general, and whose insignia consists of a star)
Noun
brigadeiro-general m or f by sense (plural brigadeiros-generais)
- (military) brigadier general (officer who holds that post)
Further reading
- “brigadeiro-general”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “brigadeiro-general” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “brigadeiro-general”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “brigadeiro-general”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “brigadeiro-general”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “brigadeiro-general”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025