ginásio
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. Compare Catalan gimnàs, French gymnase, Italian ginnasio, Spanish gimnasio.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: gi‧ná‧si‧o
=== Noun ===
ginásio m (plural ginásios)
gymnasium (place for indoor sports)
(Portugal) gym (sporting facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise)
Synonym: (Brazil) academia
(Brazil) secondary school
Synonym: secundária
=== Further reading ===
“ginásio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ginásio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026