circunlocução

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sih.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sih.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [siɾ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [siχ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [siɻ.kũ.lo.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.lu.kuˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: cir‧cun‧lo‧cu‧ção

Noun

circunlocução f (plural circunlocuções)

1. circumlocution (roundabout or indirect way of speaking)

   Synonym: circunlóquio

2. circumlocution (roundabout expression)