descarrilamento

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• descarrilhamento

Etymology

From descarrilar (“to derail”) +‎ -mento; ultimately from carril (“rail”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [des.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.tu], /d͡ʒis.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [d͡ʒis.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [des.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.tu], /d͡ʒis.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [d͡ʒis.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [deʃ.ka.χi.laˈmẽ.tu], /d͡ʒiʃ.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [d͡ʒiʃ.ka.χi.laˈmẽ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.to/ [des.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kɐ.ʁi.lɐˈmẽ.tu/

Noun

descarrilamento m (plural descarrilamentos)

1. derailment (instance of a train leaving its rails)
2. (figurative) an instance of going

Related terms

• descarrilado
• descarrilar