sintoma

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === simptoma (pre-1990 spelling) symptoma (pre-standardization spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “to befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”). Unrelated to sentir. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -omɐ Hyphenation: sin‧to‧ma === Noun === sintoma m (plural sintomas) (medicine) symptom (indicator of disease or disorder) (figurative) symptom (indicator of the presence of something else, especially of something bad) Synonyms: evidência, indício, prenúncio, presságio, sinal ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “sintoma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “sintoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026