detenção

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētentiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: de‧ten‧ção

Noun

detenção f (plural detenções)

  1. detention, custody
  2. deterrence
  3. (law) possession
  4. (law) prison; imprisonment; arrest
  5. (military) disciplinary penalty that applies to military personnel, preventing them from leaving the barracks for a variable number of days (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Further reading

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