obliquidade

See also: obliqüidade

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oblīquitātem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.bli.kwiˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.bli.kwiˈda.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bli.kwiˈda.dɨ/ [ɔ.βli.kwiˈða.ðɨ]

  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi, -adɨ
  • Hyphenation: o‧bli‧qui‧da‧de

Noun

obliquidade f (uncountable)

  1. obliquity; obliqueness (the quality of being oblique)
  2. obliquity (moral deviation)
  3. circumlocution (indirect way of speaking)

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