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)
- (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.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈtadjo/ [esˈt̪a.ð̞jo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -adjo
- Syllabification: es‧ta‧dio
Further reading
- “estadio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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