curiosidade

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin curiositas, curiositatem.

Noun

curiosidade f (plural curiosidades)

1. curiosity

Related terms

• curioso

Further reading

• “curiosidade”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cūriōsitātem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾi.o.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ku.ɾɪ.o.ziˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ku.ɾjo.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾi.o.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ku.ɾɪ.o.ziˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ku.ɾjo.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾi.o.ziˈda.de/ [ku.ɾɪ.o.ziˈda.de], (faster pronunciation) /ku.ɾjo.ziˈda.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾju.ziˈda.dɨ/ [ku.ɾju.ziˈða.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧o‧si‧da‧de

Noun

curiosidade f (plural curiosidades)

2. curiosity; inquisitiveness (the tendency to want to investigate things)
4. curiosity (an interesting object or piece of information)
6. indiscretion (lack of respect for other’s privacy)

   Synonym: indiscrição

Related terms

• curioso