oportunidad
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin opportūnitātem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /opoɾtuniˈdad/ [o.poɾ.t̪u.niˈð̞að̞]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: o‧por‧tu‧ni‧dad
Noun
oportunidad f (plural oportunidades)
- opportunity, chance, shot, break, occasion, time (in both senses: “chance for advancement, progress or profit” and “favorable circumstance or occasion”)
- timeliness
Usage notes
- The Spanish locution equivalent to "(an/the) opportunity to [verb or verb phrase]" is "(una/la) oportunidad de [infinitive or verb phrase using infinitive]."
Hyponyms
- segunda oportunidad (“do-over; second chance”)
Derived terms
- darle una oportunidad (“to give it a try”)
Further reading
- “oportunidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish oportunidad, from Latin opportūnitātem.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔopoɾtuniˈdad/ [ʔo.poɾ.t̪ʊ.n̪ɪˈd̪ad̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: o‧por‧tu‧ni‧dad
Noun
oportunidád (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜇᜇ᜔)
- opportunity; chance
- Synonyms: pagkakataon, okasyon, tsansa
Related terms
References
- “oportunidad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/ad
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