análogo

See also: analogo and analōgõ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lo.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lo.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lo.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈna.lu.ɡu/ [ɐˈna.lu.ɣu]

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [a.ˈnaː.lɔ.ɡu]
• Hyphenation: a‧ná‧lo‧go

Noun

análogo m (plural análogos)

1. analogue (something that bears an analogy)

   Synonym: analogismo

Adjective

análogo (feminine análoga, masculine plural análogos, feminine plural análogas)

1. analogous (bearing an analogy)

Related terms

• analogia
• analógico

Further reading

• “análogo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin analogus (“analogous, proportionate”), from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, upon”) + λόγος (lógos, “computation, reckoning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnaloɡo/ [aˈna.lo.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aloɡo
• Hyphenation: a‧ná‧lo‧go

Adjective

análogo (feminine análoga, masculine plural análogos, feminine plural análogas)

1. analogous

Related terms

• analogía
• analógico

Further reading

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