geração

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese geeraçon, *gẽeraçon, from Latin generātiōnem. By surface analysis, gerar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɛ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ʒɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Audio (Brazil):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ra‧ção

Noun

geração f (plural gerações)

  1. generation (origination by some process; formation)
  2. age, generation (period of around thirty years)

Descendants

  • → Tetum: jerasaun

Further reading

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