opressão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oppressiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: o‧pres‧são

Noun

opressão f (plural opressões)

  1. oppression
  2. oppressiveness

Further reading

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