observatório

See also: observatorio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French observatoire. By surface analysis, observar +‎ -tório.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ob.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju], /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ob.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju], /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ob.seɾ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [ob.seɾ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ob.seɾ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/, /o.bi.seɾ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [o.bi.seɾ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.seɾ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [ob.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ob.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/, /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [o.bi.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seɻ.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ [ob.seɻ.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ob.seɻ.vaˈtɔ.ɾjo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.vɐˈtɔ.ɾju/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈtɔ.ɾju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.vɐˈtɔ.ɾju/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈtɔ.ɾju]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.bɐˈtɔ.ɾju/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.βɐˈtɔ.ɾju]

• Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧va‧tó‧ri‧o

Noun

observatório m (plural observatórios)

1. observatory

Further reading

• “observatório”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “observatório” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “observatório”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025