testosterona

Portuguese

testosterona

Etymology

Borrowed from French testostérone.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʃ.toʃ.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɛʃ.tɔʃ.tɨˈɾo.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -õnɐ, -onɐ
• Hyphenation: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

testosterona f (uncountable)

1. (physiology) testosterone (steroid hormone)
2. (figurative) testosterone (manly behavior)

   Synonyms: hombridade, machismo, virilidade

   Antonym: efeminidade

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testosteˈɾona/ [t̪es.t̪os.t̪eˈɾo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

testosterona f (plural testosteronas)

1. testosterone

Further reading

• “testosterona”, 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