certidão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese certedũe, from Latin certitūdinem, derived from certus (“certain”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seh.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seh.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɾ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seχ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɻ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.tiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [sɨɾ.tiˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: cer‧ti‧dão

Noun

certidão f (plural certidões)

1. certificate (copy extracted from a separate document filed in a public office, issued by the respective service, which is an authentic document intended to prove the acts contained therein)
2. exact relationship