tráfico
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian traffico.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾa.fi.ku/
- Rhymes: -afiku
- Hyphenation: trá‧fi‧co
Noun
tráfico m (plural tráficos)
- traffic (commercial transportation or exchange of goods)
- (informal) trafficking (illegal trade with drugs, firearms etc.)
- Tráfico de pessoas é crime.
- Human trafficking is a crime.
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Related terms
References
- ^ “tráfico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “tráfico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian traffico.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾafiko/ [ˈt̪ɾa.fi.ko]
- Rhymes: -afiko
- Syllabification: trá‧fi‧co
Noun
tráfico m (plural tráficos)
- traffic
- Synonyms: tránsito, circulación
- (Latin America) smuggle
- Synonym: contrabando
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “tráfico”, 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
- “tráfico”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010