escoamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From escoar (“to drain”) +‎ -mento, from es- +‎ coar (“to filter”), from Latin cōlāre (“to filter”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ko.aˈmẽ.tu/, /es.ko.aˈmẽ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ko.aˈmẽ.tu/, /eʃ.ko.aˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ko.aˈmẽ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kwɐˈmẽ.tu/

Hyphenation: es‧co‧a‧men‧to

Noun

escoamento m (plural escoamentos)

outflow; act of draining
Synonyms: esgotamento, escoadura, escoação, esvaziamento

Related terms

coar
escoado
escoadouro
escoar

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.