revulsão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.vuwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.vuʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.vuwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.vuʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vulˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʁɨ.vuɫˈsɐ̃w̃]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.bulˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʁɨ.βuɫˈsɐ̃w̃]

Hyphenation: re‧vul‧são

Noun

revulsão f (plural revulsões)

revulsion (intense aversion)
revulsion (violent feeling of disgust)
(medicine) revulsion (the treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere)

Further reading

“revulsão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“revulsão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026