atrito

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin attrītus (“rubbed”), perfect passive participle of atterō (“to rub”).

Alternative forms

• attrito (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtɾi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtɾi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtɾi.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧tri‧to

Noun

atrito m (plural atritos)

1. (physics, uncountable) friction (force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact)
2. friction (conflict between people having dissimilar ideas or interests)

Etymology 2

Verb

atrito

1. first-person singular present indicative of atritar