porta-aviões

Portuguese

Etymology

From porta (“it carries”, verb) +‎ avião (“airplane”, noun).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.tɐ.a.viˈõj̃s/ [ˌpɔh.tɐ.a.vɪˈõɪ̯̃s], (faster pronunciation) /ˌpɔʁ.tɐ.aˈvjõj̃s/ [ˌpɔh.tɐ.aˈvjõɪ̯̃s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.tɐ.a.viˈõj̃s/ [ˌpɔh.tɐ.a.vɪˈõɪ̯̃s], (faster pronunciation) /ˌpɔʁ.tɐ.aˈvjõj̃s/ [ˌpɔh.tɐ.aˈvjõɪ̯̃s]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.a.viˈõj̃s/ [ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.a.vɪˈõɪ̯̃s], (faster pronunciation) /ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.aˈvjõj̃s/ [ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.aˈvjõɪ̯̃s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁ.tɐ.a.viˈõj̃ʃ/ [ˌpɔχ.tɐ.a.vɪˈõɪ̯̃ʃ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌpɔʁ.tɐ.aˈvjõj̃ʃ/ [ˌpɔχ.tɐ.aˈvjõɪ̯̃ʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɻ.ta.a.viˈõj̃s/ [ˌpɔɻ.ta.a.vɪˈõɪ̯̃s], (faster pronunciation) /ˌpɔɻ.ta.aˈvjõj̃s/ [ˌpɔɻ.ta.aˈvjõɪ̯̃s]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.ɐˈvjõj̃ʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.ɐˈvjõj̃ʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.ɐˈbjõj̃ʃ/ [ˌpɔɾ.tɐ.ɐˈβjõj̃ʃ]

• Hyphenation: por‧ta‧a‧vi‧ões

Noun

porta-aviões m (invariable)

1. aircraft carrier (warship for launching aircraft)
   • 2017 April 24, João Ruela Ribeiro, “Coreia do Norte ameaça afundar porta-aviões norte-americano”, in Público‎^[1]:

     A Coreia do Norte garantiu estar preparada para responder ao que entende ser uma provocação dos seus rivais. “As nossas forças revolucionárias estão preparadas militarmente para afundar o porta-aviões nuclear dos EUA com apenas um ataque”, escreveu o Rodong Sinmun, o jornal oficial do Partido dos Trabalhadores da Coreia.

     North Korea has assured that they are prepared to respond to what it considers a provocation by its enemies. Radong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea, published that “our revolutionary forces are militarily prepared to sink the US’s nuclear aircraft carrier with a single attack”.