detrimento

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nounmasculinepl: detrimentos

detriment

1. harm, damage, or injury caused to someone or something

The scandal was greatly to his detriment.

O escândalo foi muito em seu detrimento.

2. a cause or source of harm or disadvantage

Working long hours is to the detriment of your health.

Trabalhar muitas horas é em detrimento da sua saúde.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

detrimento

standard usage, formal contexts

Rio de Janeiro

prejuízo

more common in colloquial speech than detrimento

São Paulo

detrimento

standard usage, commonly used in business and formal writing

Portugal

detrimento

standard usage, formal and literary contexts

em detrimento de algo/alguém (to the detriment of something/someone)

sem detrimento de (without prejudice to)

em grande detrimento (greatly to the detriment)

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