desmatamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From desmatar +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.ma.taˈmẽ.tu/, /d͡ʒiz.ma.taˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.ma.taˈmẽ.tu/, /d͡ʒiz.ma.taˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʒ.ma.taˈmẽ.tu/, /d͡ʒiʒ.ma.taˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.ma.taˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mɐ.tɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: des‧ma‧ta‧men‧to

Noun

desmatamento m (plural desmatamentos)

1. deforestation (thinning or cleaning of bush on land, area, etc.)
2. deforestation (cutting or destroying a large number of trees in a forest)

   Synonym: desflorestamento

Related terms

• mata

 

Further reading

• “desmatamento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “desmatamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024