desconfiómetro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• desconfiômetro (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõˈfjɔ.mɨ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: des‧con‧fi‧ó‧me‧tro

Noun

desconfiómetro m (plural desconfiómetros) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. a "suspectometer", the ability to suspect someone or something

   Ele disse-me que não veio porque estava doente, mas ouviam-se vozes pelo telemóvel. Apitou-se-me logo o desconfiómetro. ― He told me he didn't come because he was sick, but I could hear voices over the cell phone. My suspectometer beeped immediately.