posição

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin positiōnem. By surface analysis, pôr +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: po‧si‧ção

Noun

posição f (plural posições)

  1. position (place, location)
  2. posture (way a person holds and positions their body)
  3. (sports) position (place assigned to a player)

Further reading

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