embasamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From embasar +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˌba.zɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: em‧ba‧sa‧men‧to

Noun

embasamento m (plural embasamentos)

1. (architecture) foundation (the base of a building)
2. (figurative) basis (base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis)
3. plinth (base of a column, statue or pedestal)
4. (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)

Synonyms

• (foundation): fundação
• (basis): base, fundação

Derived terms

• base
• embasado
• embasar