agiotagem

Portuguese

Etymology

From French agiotage. Compare Galician axiotaxe and Spanish agiotaje. By surface analysis, from agiota +‎ -agem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʒi.oˈta.ʒẽj̃/ [a.ʒɪ.oˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /a.ʒjoˈta.ʒẽj̃/ [a.ʒjoˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʒjuˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧o‧ta‧gem

Noun

agiotagem f (plural agiotagens)

1. moneylending

Derived terms

• agiota
• agiotar

Further reading

• “agiotagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024