acidente
See also: açidente
Portuguese
acidente
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”); respectively from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”) and *ḱad- (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.siˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.siˈdẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.siˈdẽ.t(ɨ)/ [ɐ.siˈðẽ.t(ɨ)]
- Hyphenation: a‧ci‧den‧te
Noun
acidente m (plural acidentes)
- accident (unexpected event with negative consequences)
- Synonyms: catástrofe, desastre
- (geology) accident (irregular surface)
Related terms
- acidentação
- acidentado
- acidental
- acidentar
Further reading
- “acidente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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