mídia

See also: midia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

média (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from English media.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ˈmi.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmi.d͡ʒjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.d͡ʒi.a/ [ˈmi.d͡ʒɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmi.d͡ʒja/

Hyphenation: mí‧di‧a

Noun

mídia f (plural mídias) (Brazilian spelling)

media (journalists and other professionals who compose the mass communication industry)
Synonym: media
multimedia
(by extension, countable, technology) any medium, such as a disk, which reproduces audio and/or video
Um CD é uma mídia física para reproduzir músicas.
A CD is a physical medium to reproduce music.

Related terms

midiático

Further reading

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

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