desembocadura

Catalan

Etymology

From desembocar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.zəm.bu.kəˈðu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.zəm.bo.kəˈðu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.zem.bo.kaˈðu.ɾa]

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Noun

desembocadura f (plural desembocadures)

1. mouth (of river)

Further reading

• “desembocadura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “desembocadura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “desembocadura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “desembocadura”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

From desembocar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾa/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.bo.kaˈdu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽ.bu.kɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [dɨ.zẽ.bu.kɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Noun

desembocadura f (plural desembocaduras)

1. mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)

   Synonyms: foz, embocadura

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From desembocar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desembokaˈduɾa/ [d̪e.sẽm.bo.kaˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: de‧sem‧bo‧ca‧du‧ra

Noun

desembocadura f (plural desembocaduras)

1. mouth (of a river)

   Synonyms: desembocadero, desemboque

   • 2009 June 14, Inder Bugarin, “Turismo radiactivo”, in BBC Mundo‎^[1]:

     Y Situado en el puerto de Vlissingen, al sur del país y en la desembocadura del río Escalda...

     Situated at the port of Vlissingen, in the south of the country and at the mouth of the Escalda river...

Further reading

• “desembocadura”, 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