repressão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin repressiōnem. Cognate with Galician and Spanish represión.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: re‧pres‧são

Noun

repressão f (plural repressões)

  1. repression

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