prontuário

See also: prontuario

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• prontuario (obsolete)
• promptuario (obsolete)
• promptuário (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōmptuārium (“repository”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾõ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [pɾõ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /pɾõˈtwa.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾõ.tuˈa.ɾi.u/ [pɾõ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /pɾõˈtwa.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾõ.tuˈa.ɾi.o/ [pɾõ.tʊˈa.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /pɾõˈtwa.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾõˈtwa.ɾju/

Noun

prontuário m (plural prontuários)

1. a medical or criminal record

   Synonyms: registro, ficha

2. repository (place for storage of things that need to be retrieved quickly)

   Synonym: repositório

3. (Portugal) handbook; manual (book of reference on a certain field of knowledge)

   Synonym: manual

Related terms

• pronto