pétreo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.tɾi.u/ [ˈpɛ.tɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɛ.tɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.tɾi.u/ [ˈpɛ.tɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɛ.tɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.tɾi.o/ [ˈpɛ.tɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɛ.tɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.tɾi.u/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɛ.tɾju/

• Hyphenation: pé‧tre‧o

Adjective

pétreo (feminine pétrea, masculine plural pétreos, feminine plural pétreas)

1. petrous (resembling stone)
2. (relational) stone
3. (figurative) ice-cold (without emotion)

   Synonym: gélido

Further reading

• “pétreo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pétreo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “pétreo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetɾeo/ [ˈpe.t̪ɾe.o]
• Rhymes: -etɾeo
• Syllabification: pé‧tre‧o

Adjective

pétreo (feminine pétrea, masculine plural pétreos, feminine plural pétreas)

1. petrous
2. stony
3. rocky
4. (relational) stone

Derived terms

• coral pétreo

 

Related terms

• piedra

 

Further reading

• “pétreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10