empório

See also: emporio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin emporium (“market”), from Ancient Greek ἐμπορεῖον (emporeîon), from ἔμπορος (émporos, “marketer”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πόρος (póros, “travel”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɔ.ɾi.u/ [ẽˈpɔ.ɾɪ.u], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈpɔ.ɾju/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɔ.ɾi.u/ [ĩˈpɔ.ɾɪ.u], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈpɔ.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɔ.ɾi.u/ [ẽˈpɔ.ɾɪ.u], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈpɔ.ɾju/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɔ.ɾi.u/ [ĩˈpɔ.ɾɪ.u], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈpɔ.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɔ.ɾi.o/ [ẽˈpɔ.ɾɪ.o], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈpɔ.ɾjo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɔ.ɾi.o/ [ĩˈpɔ.ɾɪ.o], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈpɔ.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈpɔ.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: em‧pó‧rio

Noun

empório m (plural empórios)

1. emporium (large retail store)