artifício

See also: artificio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin artificium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.t͡ʃiˈfi.si.u/ [ah.t͡ʃiˈfi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sju/ [ah.t͡ʃiˈfi.sju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.t͡ʃiˈfi.si.u/ [ah.t͡ʃiˈfi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sju/ [ah.t͡ʃiˈfi.sju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.t͡ʃiˈfi.si.u/ [aɾ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aɾ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.t͡ʃiˈfi.si.u/ [aχ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sju/ [aχ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.t͡ʃiˈfi.si.o/ [aɻ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /aɻ.t͡ʃiˈfi.sjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tiˈfi.sju/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧fí‧ci‧o

Noun

artifício m (plural artifícios)

1. artifact
2. artifice
3. device, gimmick
4. craftiness, fraud

Derived terms

• fogo de artifício

 

Related terms

• artificial
• artificioso

 

Further reading

• “artifício”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024