embaixador

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“servant”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɾ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoχ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baj.ʃaˈdoɻ/ [ẽ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɻ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baj.ʃaˈdoɻ/ [ĩ.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ẽ.baj.ʃɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: em‧bai‧xa‧dor

Noun

embaixador m (plural embaixadores)

1. ambassador

   Synonym: legado

Related terms

• embaixada, embaixadora, embaixatriz