passamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From passar +‎ -mento. Compare Catalan passament and Galician pasamento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.saˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.saˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.saˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.sɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: pas‧sa‧men‧to

Noun

passamento m (plural passamentos)

1. death (act of passing from life to death)

   Synonym: falecimento

2. agony

   Synonym: agonia

Further reading

• “passamento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “passamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024