monótono
Appearance
See also: monotono
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos).
Adjective
[edit]monótono (feminine monótona, masculine plural monótonos, feminine plural monótonas)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “monótono”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mo‧nó‧to‧no
Adjective
[edit]monótono (feminine monótona, masculine plural monótonos, feminine plural monótonas)
- tedious; boring; monotonous; uninteresting
- Synonyms: entediante, enfadonho
- 2015, Vitor Fernandez, Meu Amigo Do Futebol, Erotikontos, →ISBN, page 21:
- A véspera do natal havia chegado. Fernanda e sua família, como sempre passavam o natal lá em casa. Nós fazíamos amigo-oculto e sempre trocamos os presentes. O natal daquele ano estava igual a todos os outros anos, monótono como sempre.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (mathematics) monotonic
- (of sound or speech) flat, monotone (without variations in pitch)
- 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:
- O zunzum chegava ao seu apogeu. A fábrica de massas italianas, ali mesmo da vizinhança, começou a trabalhar, engrossando o barulho com o seu arfar monótono de máquina a vapor. As corridas até à venda reproduziam-se, transformando-se num verminar constante de formigueiro assanhado.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “monótono”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “monótono”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos), or from mono- + tono.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]monótono (feminine monótona, masculine plural monótonos, feminine plural monótonas)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “monótono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- Rhymes:Spanish/otono
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