sensacional
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.sa.si.oˈnaw/ [sẽ.sa.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaw/ [sẽ.sa.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnal/ [sẽ.sɐ.sjuˈnaɫ]
- Hyphenation: sen‧sa‧ci‧o‧nal
Adjective
sensacional m or f (plural sensacionais)
- sensational
Related terms
- sensação
Spanish
Etymology
From sensación + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /sensaθjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.θjoˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sensasjoˈnal/ [sẽn.sa.sjoˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: sen‧sa‧cio‧nal
Adjective
sensacional (plural sensacionales)
- sensational
- dynamite (informal)
Derived terms
- sensacionalmente
Further reading
- “sensacional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014