orifício

See also: orificio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin orificium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾiˈfi.si.u/ [o.ɾiˈfi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾiˈfi.sju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾiˈfi.si.u/ [o.ɾiˈfi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾiˈfi.sju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾiˈfi.si.o/ [o.ɾiˈfi.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾiˈfi.sjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾiˈfi.sju/

• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧fí‧ci‧o

Noun

orifício m (plural orifícios)

1. orifice (small hole)

Further reading

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