Category: Numbers & TimePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

Segundo

/Segundo/Roman

English meaning: Second

Portuguese Definition

(Português)

Unidade de tempo igual a 1/60 de um minuto.

English Definition

A unit of time equal to 1/60 of a minute.

Example

“Só um segundo!”

In English: “Just a second!”

Another example: “Em poucos segundos, tudo havia mudado.”

Usage — When, Where & How

Neutral; the time unit 'second'; the same word also means 'second' (ordinal) and 'according to' as a preposition. Context disambiguates.

Etymology & Origin

English — Origin & History

'Segundo' originates from the Latin 'Secundus', initially meaning 'following'. This term has evolved to designate the second unit of time.

Common Collocations

  • um segundo
  • poucos segundos
  • em segundos
  • segundo lugar
  • aguarde um segundo

Word Forms

m.; pl. segundos (homógrafo de 'segundo' ordinal/prep.)

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Literary Heritage

“Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver”

“Love is a fire that burns unseen; a wound that hurts without pain.”

Luís de Camões · National Poet of Portugal · c. 1524–1580

Os Lusíadas

Sonnet VII — Camões captured the paradox of love in lines that Shakespeare might have envied

“Não sou nada. Nunca serei nada. Não posso querer ser nada.”

“I am nothing. I will never be anything. I cannot even wish to be anything.”

Fernando Pessoa · Modernist Poet & Author · 1888–1935

Mensagem / Álvaro de Campos

Tabacaria — Pessoa's most celebrated poem, written under the heteronym Álvaro de Campos

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