entretenimento

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• entretimento

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish entretenimiento, from entretener +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.te.niˈmẽ.tu/, /ˌẽ.tɾi.te.niˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.te.niˈmẽ.tu/, /ˌẽ.tɾi.te.niˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌẽ.tɾe.te.niˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌẽ.tɾɨ.tɨ.niˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: en‧tre‧te‧ni‧men‧to

Noun

entretenimento m (plural entretenimentos)

1. entertainment
2. amusement, pastime

Further reading

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