tranquilizador
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- tranqüilizador (pre-1990 spelling)
- tranqùilizador (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
From tranquilizar (“to calm”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zaˈdoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zaˈdoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zaˈdoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zaˈdoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zɐˈdoɾ/ [tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zɐˈdo.ɾi/ [tɾɐ̃.kwi.li.zɐˈðo.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: tran‧qui‧li‧za‧dor
Adjective
tranquilizador (feminine tranquilizadora, masculine plural tranquilizadores, feminine plural tranquilizadoras)
- calming; soothing; reassuring (that brings relief or calmness)
- Foi uma notícia tranquilizadora.
- It was reassuring news.
Noun
tranquilizador m (plural tranquilizadores, feminine tranquilizadora, feminine plural tranquilizadoras)
Related terms
Spanish
Adjective
tranquilizador (feminine tranquilizadora, masculine plural tranquilizadores, feminine plural tranquilizadoras)
Further reading
- “tranquilizador”, 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