testosterona

Portuguese

testosterona

Etymology

Borrowed from French testostérone.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʃ.toʃ.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tes.tos.teˈɾo.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɛʃ.tɔʃ.tɨˈɾo.nɐ/

Rhymes: -õnɐ, -onɐ
Hyphenation: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

testosterona f (uncountable)

(physiology) testosterone (steroid hormone)
(figurative) testosterone (manly behavior)
Synonyms: hombridade, machismo, virilidade

Antonym: efeminidade

Further reading

“testosterona” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“testosterona” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /testosteˈɾona/ [t̪es.t̪os.t̪eˈɾo.na]
Rhymes: -ona
Syllabification: tes‧tos‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

testosterona f (plural testosteronas)

testosterone

Further reading

“testosterona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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