quartel-general

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwaʁˌtɛw.ʒe.neˈɾaw/ [kwahˌtɛʊ̯.ʒe.neˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwaʁˌtɛw.ʒe.neˈɾaw/ [kwahˌtɛʊ̯.ʒe.neˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kwaɾˌtɛw.ʒe.neˈɾaw/ [kwaɾˌtɛʊ̯.ʒe.neˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kwaʁˌtɛw.ʒe.neˈɾaw/ [kwaχˌtɛʊ̯.ʒe.neˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwaɻˌtɛw.ʒe.neˈɾaw/ [kwaɻˌtɛʊ̯.ʒe.neˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐɾˌtɛl.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾal/ [kwɐɾˌtɛɫ.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐɾˌtɛl.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾal/ [kwɐɾˌtɛɫ.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐɾˌtɛ.li.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾa.li/

• Hyphenation: quar‧tel‧ge‧ne‧ral

Noun

quartel-general m (plural quartéis-generais)

1. headquarters (military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued)
2. (by extension) headquarters (centre of an organisation’s operations or administration)

Further reading

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