ciberespaço

Portuguese

Etymology

From ciber- +‎ espaço. Calque of English cyberspace.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsi.beɾ.isˈpa.su/, /ˌsi.beɾ.esˈpa.su/, (proscribed) /ˌsaj.beɾ.isˈpa.su/ [ˌsaɪ̯.beɾ.isˈpa.su], (proscribed) /ˌsaj.beɾ.esˈpa.su/ [ˌsaɪ̯.beɾ.esˈpa.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsi.beɾ.isˈpa.su/, /ˌsi.beɾ.esˈpa.su/, (proscribed) /ˌsaj.beɾ.isˈpa.su/ [ˌsaɪ̯.beɾ.isˈpa.su], (proscribed) /ˌsaj.beɾ.esˈpa.su/ [ˌsaɪ̯.beɾ.esˈpa.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsi.beɾ.iʃˈpa.su/, /ˌsi.beɾ.eʃˈpa.su/, (proscribed) /ˌsaj.beɾ.iʃˈpa.su/ [ˌsaɪ̯.beɾ.iʃˈpa.su], (proscribed) /ˌsaj.beɾ.eʃˈpa.su/ [ˌsaɪ̯.beɾ.eʃˈpa.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsi.beɾ.esˈpa.so/, (proscribed) /ˌsaj.beɾ.esˈpa.so/ [ˌsaɪ̯.beɾ.esˈpa.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsi.bɛɾ.(i)ʃˈpa.su/ [ˌsi.βɛɾ.(i)ʃˈpa.su]

• Rhymes: -asu
• Hyphenation: ci‧be‧res‧pa‧ço

Noun

ciberespaço m (usually uncountable, plural ciberespaços)

1. cyberspace

Further reading

• “ciberespaço”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “ciberespaço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ciberespaço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ciberespaço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025