assoreamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ sob +‎ areia +‎ -mento or from assorear +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.so.ɾe.aˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.so.ɾe.aˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.so.ɾe.aˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.su.ɾjɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: as‧so‧re‧a‧men‧to

Noun

assoreamento m (usually uncountable, plural assoreamentos)

1. siltation/silting (accumulation of debris (sand, pebbles, silt, etc.) in areas of low elevation of the riverbed, especially in the final part)
2. siltation/silting (obstruction of the bar of a river, port, etc., by the deposit of debris)

Further reading

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