monógamo

See also: monogamo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈnɔ.ɡa.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈnɔ.ɡa.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈnɔ.ɡa.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈnɔ.ɡɐ.mu/ [muˈnɔ.ɣɐ.mu]

Adjective

monógamo (feminine monógama, masculine plural monógamos, feminine plural monógamas)

1. monogamous (being married to only one person at a time)
2. (zoology) monogamous (having only one sexual partner at a time)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin monogamus, from Ancient Greek μονόγαμος (monógamos, “marrying only once”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈnoɡamo/ [moˈno.ɣ̞a.mo]
• Rhymes: -oɡamo
• Syllabification: mo‧nó‧ga‧mo

Adjective

monógamo (feminine monógama, masculine plural monógamos, feminine plural monógamas)

1. monogamous
2. (zoology) monogamous

Antonyms

• polígamo

Related terms

• monogamia

 

Further reading

• “monógamo”, 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