estupefaciente

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tu.pe.fa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [is.tu.pe.fa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /is.tu.pe.faˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/, /es.tu.pe.fa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [es.tu.pe.fa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /es.tu.pe.faˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tu.pe.fa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [is.tu.pe.fa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /is.tu.pe.faˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/, /es.tu.pe.fa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [es.tu.pe.fa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /es.tu.pe.faˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tu.pe.fa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [iʃ.tu.pe.fa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.tu.pe.faˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/, /eʃ.tu.pe.fa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [eʃ.tu.pe.fa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.tu.pe.faˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tu.pe.fa.siˈẽ.te/ [es.tu.pe.fa.sɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /es.tu.pe.faˈsjẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tu.pɨ.fɐˈsjẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: es‧tu‧pe‧fa‧ci‧en‧te

Adjective

estupefaciente m or f (plural estupefacientes)

1. narcotic

Noun

estupefaciente m (plural estupefacientes)

1. narcotic

Spanish

estupefaciente

Etymology

From Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“to be stunned”) +‎ faciō (“to make”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estupefaˈθjente/ [es.t̪u.pe.faˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /estupefaˈsjente/ [es.t̪u.pe.faˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: es‧tu‧pe‧fa‧cien‧te

Adjective

estupefaciente m or f (masculine and feminine plural estupefacientes)

1. narcotic

Noun

estupefaciente m (plural estupefacientes)

1. narcotic (class of drugs)

   Synonym: narcótico

Related terms

• estupefacción

Further reading

• “estupefaciente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024