detestável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētestābilis. By surface analysis, detestar +‎ -ável.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.tesˈta.vew/ [de.tesˈta.veʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.teʃˈta.vew/ [de.teʃˈta.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.tɨʃˈta.vɛl/ [dɨ.tɨʃˈta.vɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
Hyphenation: de‧tes‧tá‧vel

Adjective

detestável m or f (plural detestáveis)

foul; hateful; detestable; odious; loathsome

Derived terms

detestavelmente

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