estadio

See also: estádio

English

Etymology

From Portuguese estádio, from Latin stadium (“stadium, Roman stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “stadium for footraces, stadion”). Doublet of stade, stadium, and stadion.

Noun

estadio (plural estadios)

1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to about 185.2, 231.5, or 257.2 m depending on the number of leagues per equatorial degree.

Synonyms

• Portuguese stade, Portuguese furlong, stade, furlong (in Portuguese contexts)

Coordinate terms

• milha (3 estadios), legua (24 estadios), degree (432, 480, or 600 estadios)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtadjo/ [esˈt̪a.ð̞jo]

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• Rhymes: -adjo
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧dio

Noun

estadio m (plural estadios)

1. stadium
2. (medicine) stage (phase)

Further reading

• “estadio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• odiaste, tediosa