acidente

See also: açidente

Portuguese

acidente

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”); respectively from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”) and *ḱad- (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.siˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.siˈdẽ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.siˈdẽ.tɨ/ [ɐ.siˈðẽ.tɨ]

Hyphenation: a‧ci‧den‧te

Noun

acidente m (plural acidentes)

accident (unexpected event with negative consequences)
Synonyms: catástrofe, desastre
(geology) accident (irregular surface)

Related terms

acidentação
acidentado
acidental
acidentar

Further reading

“acidente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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