abatimento

Portuguese

Etymology

From abater (“to collapse”) +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.tiˈmẽ.tu/ [ɐ.βɐ.tiˈmẽ.tu]

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ti‧men‧to

Noun

abatimento m (plural abatimentos)

1. discount, rebate
2. (nautical) drift

Further reading

• “abatimento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abatimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026