legislação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lēgislātiōnem (“the giving of the law”). By surface analysis, legislar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /le.ʒiz.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [le.ʒiz.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /le.ʒiʒ.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [le.ʒiʒ.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: le‧gis‧la‧ção

Noun

legislação f (plural legislações)

  1. (law) legislation; law

Further reading

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