multidão

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin multitudinem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muw.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mul.tiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [muɫ.tiˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧dão

Noun

multidão f (plural multidões)

1. (collective) crowd (a group of people)

   Synonyms: grupo numeroso, mó

   Encontrei-o na multidão.

   I met him in the crowd.

2. multitude, heap (a great number or large quantity of things)

   Synonym: montão

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