otimismo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• optimismo (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.t͡ʃiˈmiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.t͡ʃiˈmiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.t͡ʃiˈmiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.t͡ʃiˈmiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.tiˈmiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: o‧ti‧mis‧mo

Noun

otimismo m (plural otimismos)

1. optimism (a tendency to expect the best)

   Antonym: pessimismo

Related terms

• otimista
• ótimo

Further reading

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