coleção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin collēctiōnem. Cognate with Galician and Spanish colección, Catalan col·lecció, Occitan colleccion, French collection and Italian collezione.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.leˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.leˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: co‧le‧ção
  • Audio (Brazil):(file)

Noun

coleção f (plural coleções)

  1. collection
    • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in Cahetés‎[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 70:
      Como as cadeiras eram insufficientes, eu e o vigario ficámos de pé. O sargento trouxe a collecção de amostras.
      Since the chairs were insufficient, the vicar and I stood. The sergeant and brought the collection of samples.
  2. range
  3. compilation
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