sorteio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soʁˈtej.u/ [sohˈteɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soʁˈtej.u/ [sohˈteɪ̯.u]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soɾˈtej.u/ [soɾˈteɪ̯.u]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soʁˈtej.u/ [soχˈteɪ̯.u]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /soɻˈtej.u/ [soɻˈteɪ̯.u]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈtɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈtɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈtej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈtej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈte.u/

• Hyphenation: sor‧tei‧o

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Portuguese sorte

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese sorteardeverb.

Portuguese sorteio

Deverbal from sortear.

Noun

sorteio m (plural sorteios)

1. draw (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined)
2. drawing (action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw)
3. giveaway

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sorteio

1. first-person singular present indicative of sortear

Further reading

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