reconstituição
Portuguese
Etymology
From re- + constituição or reconstituir + -ção.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõs.t͡ʃi.tu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.kõs.t͡ʃi.tʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ʁe.kõs.t͡ʃi.tujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.kõs.t͡ʃi.tuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ʁe.kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kõʃ.ti.tujˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: re‧cons‧ti‧tu‧i‧ção
Noun
reconstituição f (plural reconstituições)
- reconstitution (act or effect of reconstituting; new constitution)
- reconstitution (recovery of what was weak)
- reorganization
- (painting) restoration
- (law) reenactment, reconstruction (recreation of an event as it is presumed to have occurred)
Further reading
- “reconstituição”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “reconstituição”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025