envergadura

Catalan

Etymology

From envergar +‎ -dura.

Noun

envergadura f (plural envergadures)

1. wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
2. (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
3. (figuratively) magnitude, importance

Further reading

• “envergadura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “envergadura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “envergadura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “envergadura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

envergadura (1)

Etymology

From envergar +‎ -dura. Compare Spanish envergadura, French envergure.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.veɦ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ĩ.veɦ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.veɦ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ĩ.veɦ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veɾ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veɾ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veʁ.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veɻ.ɡaˈdu.ɾa/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veɻ.ɡaˈdu.ɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.vɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.vɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.vɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.vɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ẽ.bɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: en‧ver‧ga‧du‧ra

Noun

envergadura f (plural envergaduras)

1. wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
2. (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
3. armspan
4. (figuratively) magnitude, importance

Spanish

envergadura (1)

Etymology

From envergar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embeɾɡaˈduɾa/ [ẽm.beɾ.ɣ̞aˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: en‧ver‧ga‧du‧ra

Noun

envergadura f (plural envergaduras)

1. wingspan (of a bird, airplane)
2. (nautical) breadth, beam (of a boat)
3. armspan
4. (figuratively) magnitude, importance

Further reading

• “envergadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• envergadura on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es