semicírculo

See also: semicirculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sēmicirculus. By surface analysis, semi- +‎ círculo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.miˈsiʁ.ku.lu/ [ˌsẽ.miˈsih.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.miˈsiʁ.ku.lu/ [ˌsẽ.miˈsih.ku.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.miˈsiɾ.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.miˈsiʁ.ku.lu/ [ˌsẽ.miˈsiχ.ku.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.miˈsiɻ.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌmiˈsiɾ.ku.lu/

• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧cír‧cu‧lo

Noun

semicírculo m (plural semicírculos)

1. semicircle (half of a circle)

Further reading

• “semicírculo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “semicírculo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “semicírculo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “semicírculo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “semicírculo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “semicírculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sēmicirculus. By surface analysis, semi- +‎ círculo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /semiˈθiɾkulo/ [se.miˈθiɾ.ku.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /semiˈsiɾkulo/ [se.miˈsiɾ.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -iɾkulo
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧cír‧cu‧lo

Noun

semicírculo m (plural semicírculos)

1. semicircle
2. (soccer) penalty arc, semicircle, the D (an arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area)

   Synonym: medialuna

Derived terms

• semicircular

 

Further reading

• “semicírculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10