separação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sēparātiōnem. By surface analysis, separar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.pa.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [se.pa.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.pɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: se‧pa‧ra‧ção

Noun

separação f (plural separações)

  1. separation
  2. segregation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:separação.

Further reading
  • “separação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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