remédio
See also: remedio and remedió
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- remedio (obsolete)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + medeor (“to heal”).
Pronunciation
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- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒju]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ [χeˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/ [χeˈmɛ.d͡ʒju]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.o/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒjo/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒjo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈmɛ.dju/ [ʁɨˈmɛ.ðju]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ɦɛ.ˈmɛ.djʊ/, [ɦɛ.ˈmɛ.ɟʊ]
- Hyphenation: re‧mé‧di‧o
Noun
remédio m (plural remédios)
- (pharmacology) medicine (substance which promotes healing)
- Synonyms: cura, droga, medicamento, mezinha
- (figurative) remedy (something that corrects or counteracts)
- Synonyms: correção, recurso, solução
- (figurative) alcoholic beverages
- Synonyms: álcool, bebida
Derived terms
- remédio-de-vaqueiro
Related terms
- remediação
- remediado
- remediador
- remédiar
- remediativo
- remediável