refluxo

Latin

Noun

reflūxō

1. dative/ablative singular of reflūxus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈfluk.su/ [heˈfluk.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈfluk.su/ [heˈfluk.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈfluk.su/ [χeˈfluk.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈfluk.so/ [heˈfluk.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈflu.ksu/

• Hyphenation: re‧flu‧xo

Noun

refluxo m (plural refluxos)

1. reflux (backwards flow of any fluid)
2. ebb (receding movement of the tide)

   Synonym: vazante

3. (medicine) reflux (leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus)
4. (distilling) reflux (liquid that returns to the fractionating column)

Further reading

• “refluxo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025