sensacional

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaw/ [sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnal/ [sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnal/ [sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈna.li/

• Hyphenation: sen‧sa‧ci‧o‧nal

Adjective

sensacional m or f (plural sensacionais)

1. sensational

Related terms

• sensação

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Spanish

Etymology

From sensación +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /sensaθjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.θjoˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sensasjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.sjoˈnal]

Adjective

sensacional m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensacionales)

1. sensational
2. dynamite (informal)

Derived terms

• sensacionalmente

Further reading

• “sensacional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014