injeção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin iniectiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.ʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: in‧je‧ção

Noun

injeção f (plural injeções)

  1. injection
    Synonym: (Portugal, childish) pica

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