envergadura
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
envergadura f (plural envergadures)
- wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
- (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
- (figuratively) magnitude, importance
Further reading
- “envergadura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “envergadura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “envergadura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “envergadura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From envergar + -dura. Compare Spanish envergadura, French envergure.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.veɦ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ĩ.veɦ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veɾ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veɾ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veɻ.ɡaˈdu.ɾa/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veɻ.ɡaˈdu.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.vɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.vɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.bɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: en‧ver‧ga‧du‧ra
Noun
envergadura f (plural envergaduras)
- wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
- (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
- armspan
- (figuratively) magnitude, importance
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /embeɾɡaˈduɾa/ [ẽm.beɾ.ɣ̞aˈð̞u.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: en‧ver‧ga‧du‧ra
Noun
envergadura f (plural envergaduras)
- wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
- (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
- armspan
- (figuratively) magnitude, importance
Further reading
- “envergadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- envergadura on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es