sensacional

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sensacional m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensacionals)

1. sensational

Portuguese

Etymology

By surface analysis, sensação +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sa.si.oˈnaw/ [sẽ.sa.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaw/ [sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnal/ [sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnal/ [sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈna.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: sen‧sa‧ci‧o‧nal

Adjective

sensacional m or f (plural sensacionais)

1. sensational (all senses)

Derived terms

• sensacionalismo
• sensacionalista
• sensacionalmente

Related terms

• sensação

Further reading

• “sensacional”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sensacional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sensacional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “sensacional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From sensación +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sensaθjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.θjoˈnal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sensasjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.sjoˈnal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sen‧sa‧cio‧nal

Adjective

sensacional m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensacionales)

1. sensational
2. dynamite (informal)

Derived terms

• sensacionalmente

Descendants

• → Tagalog: sensasyonal

Further reading

• “sensacional”, 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