vício

See also: vicio and vició

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vicio (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitium. Doublet of viço, probably a semi-learned term, and vezo, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sju/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.sju/

• Rhymes: -isiu, -isju
• Hyphenation: ví‧ci‧o

Noun

vício m (plural vícios)

1. vice
2. defect
3. addiction

Further reading

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