pétreo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.tɾi.u/ [ˈpɛ.tɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɛ.tɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.tɾi.o/ [ˈpɛ.tɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɛ.tɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.tɾi.u/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɛ.tɾju/
- Hyphenation: pé‧tre‧o
Adjective
pétreo (feminine pétrea, masculine plural pétreos, feminine plural pétreas)
- petrous (resembling stone)
- (relational) stone
- (figurative) ice-cold (without emotion)
- Synonym: gélido
Further reading
- “pétreo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “pétreo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “pétreo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpetɾeo/ [ˈpe.t̪ɾe.o]
- Rhymes: -etɾeo
- Syllabification: pé‧tre‧o
Adjective
pétreo (feminine pétrea, masculine plural pétreos, feminine plural pétreas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “pétreo”, 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