abstrato

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abstracto (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abstractus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /absˈtɾa.tu/, /a.bisˈtɾa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /absˈtɾa.tu/, /a.bisˈtɾa.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /abʃˈtɾa.tu/, /a.biʃˈtɾa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /absˈtɾa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐbʃˈtɾa.tu/ [ɐβʃˈtɾa.tu]

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: abs‧tra‧to

Adjective

abstrato (feminine abstrata, masculine plural abstratos, feminine plural abstratas, comparable, comparative mais abstrato, superlative o mais abstrato or abstratíssimo)

1. abstract; separate
2. abstract; theoretical; vague; impractical

Derived terms

• substantivo abstrato (“abstract noun”)

Related terms

• abstrair

Further reading

• “abstrato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abstrato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025