estádio

See also: estadio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stadium (“stadium for footraces, stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ [isˈta.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /isˈta.d͡ʒju/, /esˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ [esˈta.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /esˈta.d͡ʒju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ [isˈta.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /isˈta.d͡ʒju/, /esˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ [esˈta.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /esˈta.d͡ʒju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ [iʃˈta.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /iʃˈta.d͡ʒju/, /eʃˈta.d͡ʒi.u/ [eʃˈta.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /eʃˈta.d͡ʒju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈta.d͡ʒi.o/ [esˈta.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /esˈta.d͡ʒjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈta.dju/ [(i)ʃˈta.ðju]

• Hyphenation: es‧tá‧dio

Noun

estádio m (plural estádios)

1. stadium
2. (historical) estadio, Portuguese stade or furlong, a traditional unit of distance of varying distance depending on the number of equatorial degrees reckoned per league

Coordinate terms

• (unit of distance): milha (8 estádios), légua (24 estádios), grau (432, 480, or 600 estádios)