vocabulário

Borrowed from Late Latin vocabularium, corresponding to vocábulo +‎ -ário.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.kɐ.βu.ˈla.ɾju/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.ˌka.bu.ˈla.ɾju/
• Hyphenation: vo‧cá‧bu‧lá‧ri‧o

vocabulário m (plural vocabulários)

1. vocabulary (set of words used by an individual)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     [...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...]

     [...] his vocabulary had only five words [...]

2. vocabulary; lexicon; terminology (set of words used in a particular field)

   Synonym: terminologia

3. vocabulary; wordlist (a document containing a list of words, especially one with less information than a dictionary)

   Synonyms: glossário, elucidário

4. (linguistics) vocabulary; lexicon (the words of a language)

   Synonym: léxico

5. (informal) language (insults and vulgarities)

   Olha o vocabulário, menininho!

   Watch the language, little boy!

   Synonym: palavreado