putrefação

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin putrefactiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pu.tɾe.faˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pu.tɾe.faˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.tɾɨ.faˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: pu‧tre‧fa‧ção

Noun

putrefação f (plural putrefações)

  1. putrefaction (process of becoming rotten)
    Synonyms: apodrecimento, decomposição

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