lamentável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lāmentābilis. By surface analysis, lamentar +‎ -ável.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.mẽˈta.vew/ [la.mẽˈta.veʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.mẽˈta.vɛl/ [lɐ.mẽˈta.vɛɫ]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
  • Hyphenation: la‧men‧tá‧vel

Adjective

lamentável m or f (plural lamentáveis, comparable, comparative mais lamentável, superlative o mais lamentável or lamentabilíssimo)

  1. lamentable
  2. pitiful
    Synonym: lastimoso

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