tentação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin temptātiōnem. By surface analysis, tentar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [tẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tẽ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ten‧ta‧ção

Noun

tentação f (plural tentações)

  1. temptation
    Não nos deixeis cair em tentação, mas livrai-nos do mal.
    Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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