remédio

See also: remedio and remedió

Galician

Noun

remédio m (plural remédios, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of remedio

Further reading

• “remédio” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• remedio (pre-reform)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + medeor (“to heal”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒju]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ [χeˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/ [χeˈmɛ.d͡ʒju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.o/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈmɛ.d͡ʒjo/ [heˈmɛ.d͡ʒjo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈmɛ.dju/ [ʁɨˈmɛ.ðju]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɦɛ.ˈmɛ.djʊ/, [ɦɛ.ˈmɛ.ɟʊ]
• Hyphenation: re‧mé‧di‧o

• Audio (Brazil):

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Noun

remédio m (plural remédios)

1. (pharmacology) medicine (substance which promotes healing)

   Synonyms: cura, droga, medicamento, mezinha

2. (figurative) remedy (something that corrects or counteracts)

   Synonyms: correção, recurso, solução

3. (figurative) alcoholic beverages

   Synonyms: álcool, bebida

Derived terms

• remédio-de-vaqueiro

Related terms

• remediação
• remediado
• remediador
• remediar
• remediativo
• remediável

Further reading

• “remédio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “remédio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “remédio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025