descarrilamento
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- descarrilhamento
Etymology
From descarrilar (“to derail”) + -mento; ultimately from carril (“rail”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [des.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.tu], /d͡ʒis.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [d͡ʒis.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [deʃ.ka.χi.laˈmẽ.tu], /d͡ʒiʃ.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.tu/ [d͡ʒiʃ.ka.χi.laˈmẽ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.ka.ʁi.laˈmẽ.to/ [des.ka.hi.laˈmẽ.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kɐ.ʁi.lɐˈmẽ.tu/
Noun
descarrilamento m (plural descarrilamentos)
- derailment (instance of a train leaving its rails)
- (figurative) an instance of going
Related terms
- descarrilado
- descarrilar