calúnia

See also: calunia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calúmnia (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calumnia (“slander”). Doublet of coima.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlũ.ni.ɐ/ [kaˈlũ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈlũ.njɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlũ.ni.ɐ/ [kaˈlũ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈlũ.njɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlu.ni.a/ [kaˈlu.nɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈlu.nja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlu.njɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧lú‧ni‧a

Noun

calúnia f (plural calúnias)

1. slander, calumny (false, malicious statement)

   Synonyms: injúria, aleive, aleivosia