sensacional
Catalan
Adjective
sensacional m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensacionals)
Portuguese
Etymology
By surface analysis, sensação + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.sa.si.oˈnaw/ [sẽ.sa.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaw/ [sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnal/ [sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈna.li/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
- Hyphenation: sen‧sa‧ci‧o‧nal
Adjective
sensacional m or f (plural sensacionais)
- sensational (all senses)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “sensacional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “sensacional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sensaθjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.θjoˈnal] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /sensasjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.sjoˈnal] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: sen‧sa‧cio‧nal
Adjective
sensacional m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensacionales)
- sensational
- dynamite (informal)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: sensasyonal
Further reading
- “sensacional”, 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