infortúnio

See also: infortunio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

infortunio (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfortūnium.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.foʁˈtũ.ni.u/ [ĩ.fohˈtũ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.foʁˈtũ.nju/ [ĩ.fohˈtũ.nju]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.foɾˈtũ.ni.u/ [ĩ.foɾˈtũ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.foɾˈtũ.nju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.foʁˈtũ.ni.u/ [ĩ.foχˈtũ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.foʁˈtũ.nju/ [ĩ.foχˈtũ.nju]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.foɻˈtu.ni.o/ [ĩ.foɻˈtu.nɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.foɻˈtu.njo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fuɾˈtu.nju/

Hyphenation: in‧for‧tú‧ni‧o

Noun

infortúnio m (plural infortúnios)

adversity
Synonym: adversidade
misfortune (undesirable event)
Synonym: azar

Further reading

“infortúnio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“infortúnio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025