redesignação sexual

Portuguese

Etymology

Compound of redesignação (“redesignation”) +‎ sexual (“sexual”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sek.suˈaw/ [he.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sek.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sekˈswaw/ [he.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sekˈswaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sek.suˈaw/ [he.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sek.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sekˈswaw/ [he.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sekˈswaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sek.suˈaw/ [χe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sek.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sekˈswaw/ [χe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sekˈswaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.dɨ.zi.ɡnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswal/ [ʁɨ.ðɨ.zi.ɣnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.dɨ.zi.ɡnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswal/ [ʁɨ.ðɨ.zi.ɣnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.dɨ.zi.ɡnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswa.li/ [ʁɨ.ðɨ.zi.ɣnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswa.li]

Noun

redesignação sexual f (plural redesignações sexuais)

1. gender reassignment (the process of changing one's gender)

Derived terms

• cirurgia de redesignação sexual

 

Further reading

• “redesignação sexual”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024