assunção
See also: Assunção
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- assumpção (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin assūmptiōnem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sũˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.sũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sũˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Homophone: Assunção
- Hyphenation: as‧sun‧ção
Noun
assunção f (plural assunções)
- assumption (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself)
- Synonym: suposição
- assumption (taking of a person up into heaven)