Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese certedũe, from Latin certitūdinem, derived from certus (certain).

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seʁ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seh.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /seɾ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɾ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seʁ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seχ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seɻ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɻ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: cer‧ti‧dão

Noun edit

certidão f (plural certidões)

  1. certificate (copy extracted from a separate document filed in a public office, issued by the respective service, which is an authentic document intended to prove the acts contained therein)
  2. exact relationship