alvejamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From alvejar +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ve.ʒaˈmẽ.tu/ [aʊ̯.ve.ʒaˈmẽ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ve.ʒaˈmẽ.tu/ [aʊ̯.ve.ʒaˈmẽ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ve.ʒaˈmẽ.to/ [aʊ̯.ve.ʒaˈmẽ.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.vɨ.ʒɐˈmẽ.tu/ [aɫ.vɨ.ʒɐˈmẽ.tu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.vɨ.ʒɐˈmẽ.tu/ [aɫ.vɨ.ʒɐˈmẽ.tu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.bɨ.ʒɐˈmẽ.tu/ [aɫ.βɨ.ʒɐˈmẽ.tu]

Noun

alvejamento m (plural alvejamentos)

1. bleaching
2. whitening

   Synonym: branqueamento

Related terms

• alvo

 

Further reading

• “alvejamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024