serviço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese serviço, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin servitium (“slavery; servitude”) (compare Italian servizio, French service, Norman sèrvice, Spanish servicio), from servus (“serf”), probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

(Paulista) IPA^(key): /seɹ.ˈvi.su/
(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.ˈvi.so/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.ˈvi.su/
Hyphenation: ser‧vi‧ço

Noun

serviço m (plural serviços)

(economics) service (work that is produced, traded, sold, then consumed)
work; labour
job; a task
workplace
the way a commercial establishment serves the costumers
(religion) service (religious rite or ritual)

Synonyms

(labour): emprego, labor, lavor, trabalho
(task): tarefa, trabalho
(the way costumers are served): atendimento
(religious service): rito, ritual

Derived terms

Terms derived from serviço

de serviço
desserviço
não brincar em serviço

serviço ativo, serviço activo
serviço de informações
serviço militar

serviço secreto
serviço social

Related terms

Terms related to serviço

serviçal
serviçalismo
serviçalmente
servição

servicial
servicialismo
servidão

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