multitarefa

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multusder.

Galician multi-

Arabic طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa)

Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa)der.

Galician tarefa

Galician multitarefa

From multi- + tarefa (“task”).

Adjective

multitarefa (invariable)

1. multitasking

   Antonym: monotarefa

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of English multitasking, from multi- +‎ tarefa (“task”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.taˈɾɛ.fɐ/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.taˈɾɛ.fɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mul.ti.tɐˈɾɛ.fɐ/ [muɫ.ti.tɐˈɾɛ.fɐ]

Noun

multitarefa f (uncountable)

1. multitasking

   Antonym: monotarefa

Adjective

multitarefa (invariable)

1. (relational) multitasking

   Antonym: monotarefa

Further reading

• “multitarefa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “multitarefa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026