The ''Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa'' is a comprehensive

dictionary A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies ...

of the Portuguese language, published in Brazil, first compiled by Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira. It is popularly known as the ''Dicionário Aurélio'', or simply ''Aurélio'' or ''Aurelião'' ("Big ''Aurélio''"'). The first edition was published in 1975, and it has since then re-printed dozens of times, and also published in electronic form. According to publisher's data, it had sold over 5 million copies by 1986, and over 40 million by 2005 (counting all derivative works and special editions). The 4th edition published in 2009 is written in the new orthography (o Novo Accordo da Língua Portuguesa de 7 de maio de 2008), (with CD).

Publication history

The second edition (copyright date 1986; 32nd reprinting, 1995) has 1809 pages plus front matter and bibliography, and was published by Editora Nova Fronteira. This edition was organized by Margarida dos Anjos,

Marina Baird Ferreira A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or ...

(Aurélio's widow),

Elza Tavares Ferreira Elza may refer to: *Elza (given name), a feminine given name *Elza, the codename of Soviet spy Elizaveta Mukasei, active from the 1940s through the 1970s *Elza, Tennessee Elza was a community in Anderson County, Tennessee, that existed before 19 ...

Joaquim Campelo Marques Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician * Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician * Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * Joaquim Amat-Pi ...

Stella Rodrigo Octávio Moutinho Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters *Stella (given name), including a list of characters with th ...

, and

Giovani Mafra e Silva Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

. A third edition, '' Dicionário Aurélio Século XXI'', was published in 2001. In 2004 a new publisher (

Positivo Positivo Tecnologia started in 1989 under the name Positivo Informatica until 2017. It is a Brazilian technology company headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná. It is the Information Technology division of Brazilian holding organization Grupo Positivo ...

) acquired the rights to distribute the dictionary with the title ''

Novo Dicionário Aurélio da Língua Portuguesa ''Novo'' is a 2002 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin and starring Eduardo Noriega. The film tells the story of a man who suffers from amnesia. It screened at the Locarno Film Festival. Plot Graham suffers from severe am ...

'', with 435,000 entries.

External links

''Dicionário Aurélio''
at the Editora Positivo site (in Portuguese). 1975 non-fiction books 2001 non-fiction books Portuguese dictionaries {{dictionary-stub

Publication history

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