coronavírus

See also: Coronavirus, coronavirus, corona-virus, and corona virus

Portuguese

Etymology

From English coronavirus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˌɾõ.naˈvi.ɾus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˌɾõ.naˈvi.ɾus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˌɾõ.naˈvi.ɾuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˌɾo.naˈvi.ɾus/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˌɾo.nɐˈvi.ɾuʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˌɾo.nɐˈvi.ɾuʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˌɾo.nɐˈbi.ɾuʃ/ [kuˌɾo.nɐˈβi.ɾuʃ]

• Hyphenation: co‧ro‧na‧ví‧rus

Noun

coronavírus m (invariable)

1. (virology) coronavirus (a member of the genus Coronavirus)
2. (in particular) coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that caused the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic)

Derived terms

• coronaviral

Further reading

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