testosterona
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French testostérone.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teʃ.toʃ.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾo.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɛʃ.tɔʃ.tɨˈɾo.nɐ/
- Rhymes: -õnɐ, -onɐ
- Hyphenation: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na
Noun
testosterona f (uncountable)
- (physiology) testosterone (steroid hormone)
- (figurative) testosterone (manly behavior)
- Synonyms: hombridade, machismo, virilidade
- Antonym: efeminidade
Further reading
- “testosterona”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “testosterona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /testosteˈɾona/ [t̪es.t̪os.t̪eˈɾo.na]
- Rhymes: -ona
- Syllabification: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na
Noun
testosterona f (plural testosteronas)
Further reading
- “testosterona”, 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