pormenor
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- promenor (misspelling)
Etymology
From por + menor. Compare Spanish pormenor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpoʁ.meˈnɔʁ/ [ˌpoɦ.meˈnɔh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌpoɾ.meˈnɔɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌpoʁ.meˈnɔʁ/ [ˌpoʁ.meˈnɔχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpoɻ.meˈnɔɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾ.mɨˈnɔɾ/, (proscribed) /pɾu.mɨˈnɔɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾ.mɨˈnɔ.ɾi/, (proscribed) /pɾu.mɨˈnɔ.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: por‧me‧nor
Noun
pormenor m (plural pormenores)
- detail (minor aspect)
- Synonyms: detalhe, particularidade, minúcia, miudeza, minudência
- Não posso dar pormenores.
- I can't go into detail.
- Esse papel de parede é um excelente pormenor.
- That wallpaper is an excellent detail.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾmeˈnoɾ/ [poɾ.meˈnoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: por‧me‧nor
Noun
pormenor m (plural pormenores)
- detail
- Synonym: detalle
- circumstance
- Synonym: circunstancia
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pormenor”, 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