acabamento

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese acabar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old Galician-Portuguese -mento

Portuguese -mento

Portuguese acabamento

From acabar (“to finish”) + -mento.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ka.baˈmẽ.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐ.bɐˈmẽ.tu/ [ɐ.kɐ.βɐˈmẽ.tu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐ.bɐˈmẽ.tu/ [ɐ.kɐ.βɐˈmẽ.tu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐ.bɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ba‧men‧to

Noun

acabamento m (plural acabamentos)

1. finishing (act of finishing something)

   Synonyms: finalização, conclusão

2. (uncountable) polish, refinement

   Synonyms: polimento, refinamento, aperfeiçoamento

3. (uncountable) the final, minor details or steps in the production of something

Further reading

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