vocabulário

See also: vocabulario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin vocābulārium. By surface analysis, vocábulo +‎ -ário.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾi.u/ [vo.ka.buˈla.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾi.u/ [vo.ka.buˈla.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾi.o/ [vo.ka.buˈla.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾjo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.kɐ.buˈla.ɾju/ [vu.kɐ.βuˈla.ɾju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.kɐ.buˈla.ɾju/ [vu.kɐ.βuˈla.ɾju]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.kɐ.buˈla.ɾju/ [bu.kɐ.βuˈla.ɾju]

• Hyphenation: vo‧cá‧bu‧lá‧ri‧o

Noun

vocabulário m (plural vocabulários)

1. vocabulary (set of words used by an individual)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     [...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...]

     [...] his vocabulary had only five words [...]

2. vocabulary; lexicon; terminology (set of words used in a particular field)

   Synonym: terminologia

3. vocabulary; wordlist (a document containing a list of words, especially one with less information than a dictionary)

   Synonyms: glossário, elucidário

4. (linguistics) vocabulary; lexicon (the words of a language)

   Synonym: léxico

5. (informal) language (insults and vulgarities)

   Synonym: palavreado

   Olha o vocabulário, menininho!

   Watch the language, little boy!