contexto

Latin

Participle

contextō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contextus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contextus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtes.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtes.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈteʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtes.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɐjʃ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈtɐjʃ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈtejʃ.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈtejʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈteʃ.tu/

• Homophone: com texto
• Hyphenation: con‧tex‧to

Noun

contexto m (plural contextos)

1. context (circumstances or settings)
2. (linguistics) context (text in which a word appears)

Synonyms

• (backdrop): pano de fundo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contextus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈteɡsto/ [kõn̪ˈt̪eɣ̞s.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɡsto
• Syllabification: con‧tex‧to

Noun

contexto m (plural contextos)

1. context

Derived terms

• sacar de contexto

Related terms

• contextual

Further reading

• “contexto”, 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