testemunha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tes.teˈmũ.ɲɐ/ [tes.teˈmũ.j̃ɐ], /t͡ʃis.t͡ʃiˈmũ.ɲɐ/ [t͡ʃis.t͡ʃiˈmũ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teʃ.teˈmũ.ɲɐ/ [teʃ.teˈmũ.j̃ɐ], /t͡ʃiʃ.t͡ʃiˈmũ.ɲɐ/ [t͡ʃiʃ.t͡ʃiˈmũ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tes.teˈmu.ɲa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨʃ.tɨˈmu.ɲɐ/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũɲɐ, (Portugal) -uɲɐ
  • Hyphenation: tes‧te‧mu‧nha

Etymology 1

Deverbal from testemunhar.

Noun

testemunha f (plural testemunhas)

  1. witness (one who sees or has personal knowledge of something)
    Ele era a única testemunha do acidente.
    He was the only witness of the accident.
  2. (law) witness (someone called to give evidence in a court)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: tistimunha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

testemunha

  1. inflection of testemunhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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