remessa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin remissa, participle of remittō (“to send back”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.sɐ/ [heˈmɛ.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.sɐ/ [heˈmɛ.sɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.sɐ/ [χeˈmɛ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.sa/ [heˈmɛ.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈmɛ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧mes‧sa

Noun

remessa f (plural remessas)

1. shipment (load of transported goods)
2. transfer, remittance (of money)

Further reading

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