mais-que-perfeito

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “more than perfect”. Calque of Latin plūsquamperfectus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmajs.ki.peʁˈfej.tu/ [ˌmaɪ̯s.ki.pehˈfeɪ̯.tu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌmajs.ki.peɾˈfej.tu/ [ˌmaɪ̯s.ki.peɾˈfeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌmajʃ.ki.peʁˈfej.tu/ [ˌmaɪ̯ʃ.ki.peχˈfeɪ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmajs.ke.peɻˈfej.to/ [ˌmaɪ̯s.ke.peɻˈfeɪ̯.to]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmajʃ.kɨ.pɨɾˈfɐj.tu/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmajʃ.kɨ.pɨɾˈfej.tu/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmajʃ.kɨ.pɨɾˈfej.tu/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmajʃ.kɨ.pɨɾˈfe.tu/

  • Hyphenation: mais‧que‧per‧fei‧to

Noun
Examples

Ele cortara a árvore com um arenque → He had cut the tree with a herring.

mais-que-perfeito m (uncountable)

  1. (grammar) pluperfect
    Synonym: pretérito mais que perfeito
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.