migratório

See also: migratorio

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin migrātōrius. By surface analysis, migrar (“to migrate”) +‎ -tório (“-tory”). Piecewise doublet of migradoira and migradoura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ [mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /mi.ɡɾaˈtɔ.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.ɡɾɐˈtɔ.ɾju/ [mi.ɣɾɐˈtɔ.ɾju]

• Rhymes: -ɔɾiu, (faster pronunciation) -ɔɾju
• Hyphenation: mi‧gra‧tó‧ri‧o

Adjective

migratório (feminine migratória, masculine plural migratórios, feminine plural migratórias, not comparable)

1. migrant; migratory (that migrates)

   Synonyms: migrante, migrador

   O beija-flor é uma ave migratória.

   The hummingbird is a migratory bird.

2. (relational) migration

   O processo migratório demorou alguns meses.

   The migration process took a few months.

Related terms

• emigratório
• imigratório
• migração
• migrador