captação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin captātiōnem. By surface analysis, captar +‎ -ção. Piecewise doublet of catação.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /kap.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kap.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kap.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kap.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ptɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: cap‧ta‧ção

Noun

captação f (plural captações)

  1. catchment
  2. captation
  3. collection

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:captação.

Further reading

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