acidente

See also: açidente

Portuguese

acidente

Etymology

From Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”); respectively from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”) and Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.si.ˈdẽ.te/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
Hyphenation: a‧ci‧den‧te

Noun

acidente m (plural acidentes)

accident (unexpected event with negative consequences)
(geology) accident (irregular surface)

Related terms

(unexpected event) catástrofe, desastre, acidentar, acidental
(irregular surface) acidentado, acidentação

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