entonação

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.to.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.to.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.to.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.to.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tu.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: en‧to‧na‧ção

Noun

entonação f (plural entonações)

1. (music) intonation (act of sounding the tones of the musical scale)
2. (linguistics) intonation (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)