autosserviço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• auto-serviço (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Calque of English self-service. By surface analysis, auto- +‎ serviço.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tu.seʁˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.seɦˈvi.su], /ˌaw.to.seʁˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.seɦˈvi.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tu.seʁˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.seɦˈvi.su], /ˌaw.to.seʁˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.seɦˈvi.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tu.seɾˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.seɾˈvi.su], /ˌaw.to.seɾˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.seɾˈvi.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tu.seʁˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.seʁˈvi.su], /ˌaw.to.seʁˈvi.su/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.seʁˈvi.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.to.seɻˈvi.so/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.seɻˈvi.so]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tɔ.sɨɾˈvi.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tɔ.sɨɾˈvi.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tɔ.sɨɾˈbi.su/ [ˌaw.tɔ.sɨɾˈβi.su]

• Hyphenation: au‧tos‧ser‧vi‧ço

Noun

autosserviço m (plural autosserviços)

1. self-service (the practice of serving oneself)

   Synonym: self-service