heroína

See also: heroina and heroïna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ɾoˈĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ɾoˈĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ɾoˈi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɾwi.nɐ/, /eˈɾwi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: he‧ro‧í‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin hērōīna, from Late Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη (hērōḯnē).

Noun

heroína f (plural heroínas)

1. female equivalent of herói

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French héroïne.

Noun

heroína f (plural heroínas)

1. (pharmacy) heroin

Further reading

• “heroína” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “heroína” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hērōīna, from Late Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη (hērōḯnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾoˈina/ [e.ɾoˈi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: he‧ro‧í‧na

Noun

heroína f (plural heroínas, masculine héroe, masculine plural héroes)

1. heroine

Derived terms

• antiheroína

 

Noun

heroína f (plural heroínas)

1. heroin

Further reading

• “heroína”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014