auspício

See also: auspicio and auspició

Galician

Noun

auspício f (plural auspícios, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of auspicio

Further reading

• “auspício” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auspicium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈpi.si.u/ [aʊ̯sˈpi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /awsˈpi.sju/ [aʊ̯sˈpi.sju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈpi.si.u/ [aʊ̯sˈpi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /awsˈpi.sju/ [aʊ̯sˈpi.sju]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awʃˈpi.si.u/ [aʊ̯ʃˈpi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /awʃˈpi.sju/ [aʊ̯ʃˈpi.sju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈpi.si.o/ [aʊ̯sˈpi.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /awsˈpi.sjo/ [aʊ̯sˈpi.sjo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃˈpi.sju/

• Hyphenation: aus‧pí‧ci‧o

Noun

auspício m (plural auspícios)

1. omen, foreknowledge (either good or bad)

   Synonyms: presságio, pressentimento

2. (in the plural) expression of support (financial or otherwise) or protection
3. (obsolete) prophecy based on how birds behaved

Derived terms

• auspicioso

Further reading

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