multidão

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin multitudinem. Doublet of multitude.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /muw.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mul.tiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [muɫ.tiˈðɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧dão

Noun

multidão f (plural multidões)

  1. (collective) crowd (a group of people)
    Synonyms: grupo numeroso, mó
    Encontrei-o na multidão.
    I met him in the crowd.
  2. multitude, heap (a great number or large quantity of things)
    Synonym: montão
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