ministeriável

Portuguese

Etymology

From ministério +‎ -ar +‎ -ável.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nis.te.ɾiˈa.vew/ [mi.nis.te.ɾɪˈa.veʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /mi.nis.teˈɾja.vew/ [mi.nis.teˈɾja.veʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nis.te.ɾiˈa.vew/ [mi.nis.te.ɾɪˈa.veʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /mi.nis.teˈɾja.vew/ [mi.nis.teˈɾja.veʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mi.niʃ.te.ɾiˈa.vew/ [mi.niʃ.te.ɾɪˈa.veʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /mi.niʃ.teˈɾja.vew/ [mi.niʃ.teˈɾja.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛl/ [mɨ.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛɫ], (proscribed) /mi.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛl/ [mi.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛl/ [mɨ.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛɫ], (proscribed) /mi.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛl/ [mi.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.bɛl/ [mɨ.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.βɛɫ], (proscribed) /mi.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.bɛl/ [mi.niʃ.tɨˈɾja.βɛɫ]

• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧te‧ri‧á‧vel

Adjective

ministeriável m or f (plural ministeriáveis)

1. (politics) potentially a minister

Further reading

• “ministeriável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025