território

See also: territorio

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin territōrium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [te.hiˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju/ [te.hiˈtɔ.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [te.hiˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju/ [te.hiˈtɔ.ɾju]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [te.χiˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju/ [te.χiˈtɔ.ɾju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ [te.hiˈtɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾjo/ [te.hiˈtɔ.ɾjo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɛ.ɦi.ˈtɔ.ɾju/, /ti.ɦi.ˈtɔ.ɾju/
• Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧tó‧ri‧o

Noun

território m (plural territórios)

1. territory (large extent or tract of land)
   1. (government) territory (a national subdivision with fewer powers than a state or province)
2. territory (area controlled or used by an entity)
   1. (ecology) territory (area controlled by an individual animal or pack)
   2. (politics) territory (the land, sea and airspace claimed or controlled by a government)

Related terms

• territorial
• terra