resgate

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁezˈɡa.t͡ʃi/ [hezˈɡa.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁezˈɡa.t͡ʃi/ [hezˈɡa.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeʒˈɡa.t͡ʃi/ [χeʒˈɡa.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁezˈɡa.te/ [hezˈɡa.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʒˈɡa.tɨ/ [ʁɨʒˈɣa.tɨ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish rescate.

Noun

resgate m (plural resgates)

1. rescue
2. ransom

Etymology 2

Verb

resgate

1. inflection of resgatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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