melhoria

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʎoˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʎuˈɾi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: me‧lho‧ri‧a

Noun

melhoria f (plural melhorias)

1. improvement, advance; progress
2. amelioration
3. enhancement
4. (Portugal, university slang) a retake or resit done with the intention of improving a previous passing grade

   Coordinate term: recurso

Further reading

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