ditongo crescente
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒiˈtõ.ɡu kɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
ditongo crescente is spelled D-I-T-O-N-G-O-C-R-E-S-C-E-N-T-E (16 letters). Ditongo crescente is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rising diphthong (a vowel nucleus preceded by a glide)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ditongo crescente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerising diphthong (a vowel nucleus preceded by a glide)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. ditongo no qual uma semivogal é seguida de uma vogal, como por exemplo na palavra quando
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ditongo crescente
- ditongos crescentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ditongo crescente?
- Brazil /d͡ʒiˈtõ.ɡu kɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /diˈtõ.ɡu kɾɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal /diˈtõ.ɡu kɾɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.