ventriloquia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.tɾi.loˈki.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.tɾi.loˈki.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.tɾi.loˈki.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽ.tɾi.luˈki.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽ.tɾi.luˈki.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽ.tɾi.luˈki.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: ven‧tri‧lo‧qui‧a

Noun

ventriloquia f (usually uncountable, plural ventriloquias)

1. ventriloquism (the art of projecting one’s voice so that it appears to come from another source)

   Synonym: ventriloquismo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ventriloquía

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bentɾiˈlokja/ [bẽn̪.t̪ɾiˈlo.kja]
• Rhymes: -okja
• Syllabification: ven‧tri‧lo‧quia

Noun

ventriloquia f (plural ventriloquias)

1. ventriloquism (the art of projecting one’s voice so that it appears to come from another source)

Related terms

• ventrílocuo

 

Further reading

• “ventriloquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014