mais-valia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmajz.vaˈli.ɐ/ [ˌmaɪ̯z.vaˈli.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmajz.vaˈli.ɐ/ [ˌmaɪ̯z.vaˈli.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmajʒ.vaˈli.ɐ/ [ˌmaɪ̯ʒ.vaˈli.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmajz.vaˈli.a/ [ˌmaɪ̯z.vaˈli.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmajʒ.vɐˈli.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmajʒ.vɐˈli.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmajʒ.bɐˈli.ɐ/ [ˌmajʒ.βɐˈli.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: mais‧va‧li‧a

Noun

mais-valia f (plural mais-valias)

1. (Marxism) surplus value (yield, profit or return on production capital invested)
2. (economics) capital gain (an increase in the value of a capital asset)
3. an advantage, a benefit, a trump card

   Synonyms: vantagem, trunfo

   Aprenderes bem o que te ensinam da escola pode ser uma mais-valia para o futuro. ― Learn well what you are taught in school can be a benefit in the future.