espetáculo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• espectáculo (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spectāculum (“show, spectacle”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.peˈta.ku.lu/, /es.peˈta.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.peˈta.ku.lu/, /es.peˈta.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.peˈta.ku.lu/, /eʃ.peˈta.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.peˈta.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛˈta.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -akulu
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧tá‧cu‧lo

Noun

espetáculo m (plural espetáculos)

1. show, spectacle