escuridão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escuridom, escoridõe; by surface analysis, escuro +‎ idão.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [is.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [is.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.ku.ɾiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.ku.ɾiˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: es‧cu‧ri‧dão

Noun

escuridão f (plural escuridões)

1. darkness
2. gloom
3. obscurity
4. night

Further reading

• “escuridão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913