comoção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin commōtiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.moˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.moˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: co‧mo‧ção

Noun

comoção f (plural comoções)

  1. commotion
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 130:
      Os que amaldiçoam a vida, ou querem fugir das suas commoções naturaes, procurando n’um meio artificial, n’uma atmosphera de estufa outros gozos, outros prazeres, outras angustias […]
      Those who curse life, or want to escape from their natural perturbations, seeking in an artificial medium, in a greenhouse atmosphere other delights, other pleasures, other anguishes […]
  2. concussion
  3. riot, insurrection

Further reading

  • “comoção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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