videovigilância

See also: videovigilancia and videovigilància

Portuguese

Etymology

From video- (“video”) +‎ vigilância (“surveillance”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/, /ˌvi.d͡ʒi.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒɪ.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.d͡ʒjo.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/, /ˌvi.d͡ʒi.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒɪ.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.d͡ʒjo.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.si.a/ [ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.de.o.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sja/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔ.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/ [ˌvi.ðjɔ.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔ.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/ [ˌvi.ðjɔ.vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.djɔ.bi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/ [ˌbi.ðjɔ.βi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: vi‧de‧o‧vi‧gi‧lân‧ci‧a

Noun

videovigilância f (uncountable)

1. video surveillance, video monitoring, CCTV

Further reading

• “videovigilância” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “videovigilância” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “videovigilância” in Dicionário inFormal.