redesignação sexual
Portuguese
Etymology
Compound of redesignação (“redesignation”) + sexual (“sexual”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sek.suˈaw/ [he.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sek.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sekˈswaw/ [he.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sekˈswaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sek.suˈaw/ [χe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sek.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃ sekˈswaw/ [χe.de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sekˈswaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.dɨ.zi.ɡnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswal/ [ʁɨ.ðɨ.zi.ɣnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.dɨ.zi.ɡnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswa.li/ [ʁɨ.ðɨ.zi.ɣnɐˈsɐ̃w̃ sɨˈkswa.li]
Noun
redesignação sexual f (plural redesignações sexuais)
- gender reassignment (the process of changing one's gender)
Derived terms
- cirurgia de redesignação sexual
Further reading
- “redesignação sexual”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025