escravidão

Portuguese

Etymology

From escravo +‎ -idão.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [is.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [is.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [es.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɐ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.kɾɐ.viˈðɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɐ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.kɾɐ.viˈðɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɐ.biˈdɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.kɾɐ.βiˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: es‧cra‧vi‧dão

Noun

escravidão f (plural escravidões)

1. slavery

   Synonym: escravatura

2. servitude, subjection
3. captivity

Derived terms

(nouns):

• antiescravidão f
• escravidão sexual f

Further reading

• “escravidão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “escravidão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025