afastamento

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Portuguese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From afastar (to move away; to repel) +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

[edit]
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧fas‧ta‧men‧to

Noun

[edit]

afastamento m (plural afastamentos)

  1. the act or result of repelling or of moving two things away from each other
  2. the distance between things
    Synonym: distância
  3. the process of growing apart (of people becoming less acquainted with each other); distancing
    Synonym: distanciamento
  4. a temporary removal from office
  5. (statistics) the difference between a predicted value and the actual result
    Synonyms: afastança, desvio, divergência, diversão, separação
  6. (transport) deviation of a vehicle or craft from a route
[edit]