desolação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsōlātiōnem. By surface analysis, desolar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zo.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zo.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: de‧so‧la‧ção

Noun

desolação f (plural desolações)

  1. desolation
    Synonyms: destruição, devastação
  2. abandonment, negligence
  3. state of sadness and misfortune

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