atletismo

Galician

Noun

atletismo m (plural atletismos)

1. athletics (sporting activities such as track and field and running)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tleˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tleˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.tleˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /a.tleˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tlɛˈtiʒ.mu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: a‧tle‧tis‧mo

Noun

atletismo m (plural atletismos)

1. athletics (sporting activities such as track and field and running)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish atleta

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Spanish -ismo

Spanish atletismo

From atleta (“athlete”) + -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atleˈtismo/ [a.t̪leˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧tle‧tis‧mo

Noun

atletismo m (plural atletismos)

1. athletics
2. (sports) track and field

Further reading

• “atletismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025