estadual

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s

Proto-Italic *status

Latin status

Old Galician-Portuguese estado

Portuguese estado

Portuguese -ual

Portuguese estadual

From estado (“state”) + -ual.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ta.duˈaw/ [is.ta.duˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /is.taˈdwaw/ [is.taˈdwaʊ̯], /es.ta.duˈaw/ [es.ta.duˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /es.taˈdwaw/ [es.taˈdwaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ta.duˈaw/ [is.ta.duˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /is.taˈdwaw/ [is.taˈdwaʊ̯], /es.ta.duˈaw/ [es.ta.duˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /es.taˈdwaw/ [es.taˈdwaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ta.duˈaw/ [iʃ.ta.duˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.taˈdwaw/ [iʃ.taˈdwaʊ̯], /eʃ.ta.duˈaw/ [eʃ.ta.duˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.taˈdwaw/ [eʃ.taˈdwaʊ̯]
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /es.ta.duˈaw/ [es.ta.duˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /es.taˈdwaw/ [es.taˈdwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈdwal/ [(i)ʃ.tɐˈðwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈdwal/ [(i)ʃ.tɐˈðwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈdwa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧du‧al

Adjective

estadual m or f (plural estaduais)

1. (Brazil) of or relating to a state

   Synonym: (Portugal) estatal

Related terms

• estado

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

estadual m or f (masculine and feminine plural estaduales)

1. (relational) state; federal