relógio

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Portuguese[edit]

Relógio

Alternative forms[edit]

  • relojo (obsolete, nonstandard or eye-dialect)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish reloj, from Old Catalan relotge, from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium (sundial), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).

Compare Galician reloxo, Mirandese reloijo, Asturian and Leonese reló, Spanish reloj, Aragonese reloch, Catalan rellotge and Occitan relòtge.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.u/ [heˈlɔ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ [heˈlɔ.ʒju]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.u/ [χeˈlɔ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ [χeˈlɔ.ʒju]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.o/ [heˈlɔ.ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒjo/ [heˈlɔ.ʒjo]

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ɦɛ.ˈlɔ.ʒju/
  • Hyphenation: re‧ló‧gi‧o

Noun[edit]

relógio m (plural relógios)

  1. clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
  2. watch

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