espaçonauta

Portuguese

Etymology

From espaço +‎ -nauta or French spationaute.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pa.soˈnaw.tɐ/ [is.pa.soˈnaʊ̯.tɐ], /es.pa.soˈnaw.tɐ/ [es.pa.soˈnaʊ̯.tɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pa.soˈnaw.tɐ/ [iʃ.pa.soˈnaʊ̯.tɐ], /eʃ.pa.soˈnaw.tɐ/ [eʃ.pa.soˈnaʊ̯.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pa.soˈnaw.ta/ [es.pa.soˈnaʊ̯.ta]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ.sɔˈnaw.tɐ/

  • Rhymes: -awtɐ
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧ço‧nau‧ta

Noun

espaçonauta m or f by sense (plural espaçonautas)

  1. (rare) spationaut (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose, regardless of nationality)
    Synonyms: cosmonauta, astronauta

Further reading

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