artefacto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.teˈfak.tu/ [ah.teˈfak.tu], /aʁ.teˈfa.ki.tu/ [ah.teˈfa.ki.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.teˈfak.tu/ [ah.teˈfak.tu], /aʁ.teˈfa.ki.tu/ [ah.teˈfa.ki.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.teˈfak.tu/, /aɾ.teˈfa.ki.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.teˈfak.tu/ [aχ.teˈfak.tu], /aʁ.teˈfa.ki.tu/ [aχ.teˈfa.ki.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.teˈfak.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈfa.ktu/

• Rhymes: -aktu, (Brazil) -akitu
• Hyphenation: ar‧te‧fac‧to

Noun

artefacto m (plural artefactos)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of artefato.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin arte (“by skill”) (ablative of ars (“art”)) + factum (“thing made”), from faciō (“to make, to do”). Compare Italian artefatto, Portuguese artefato; see also artifex (“artist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾteˈfaɡto/ [aɾ.t̪eˈfaɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧fac‧to

Noun

artefacto m (plural artefactos)

1. device, contraption
2. artifact

Further reading

• “artefacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16