cumprimento

Neapolitan

Noun

cumprimento m (plural cumprimente)

1. gift

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From cumprir +‎ -mento, possibly corresponding to Latin complēmentum. See also the doublets comprimento and complemento. Compare Spanish cumplimiento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũ.pɾiˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũ.pɾiˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũ.pɾiˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kũ.pɾiˈmẽ.tu/

• Homophone: comprimento (Brazil, Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: cum‧pri‧men‧to

Noun

cumprimento m (plural cumprimentos)

1. compliment
2. fulfillment
3. greeting
4. compliance

Derived terms

• cumprimentar

Related terms

• cumprir
• comprimento
• complemento

Etymology 2

Verb

cumprimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of cumprimentar

Further reading

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