testosterona

Portuguese

testosterona

Etymology

Borrowed from French testostérone.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʃ.toʃ.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɛʃ.tɔʃ.tɨˈɾo.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -õnɐ, -onɐ
• Hyphenation: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

testosterona f (uncountable)

1. (physiology) testosterone (steroid hormone)
2. (figurative) testosterone (manly behavior)

   Synonyms: hombridade, machismo, virilidade

   Antonym: efeminidade

Further reading

• “testosterona” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “testosterona” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testosteˈɾona/ [t̪es.t̪os.t̪eˈɾo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

testosterona f (plural testosteronas)

1. testosterone

Further reading

• “testosterona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014