degradação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēgradātiōnem. By surface analysis, degradar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ɡɾa.daˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.ɡɾa.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.ɡɾɐ.dɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [dɨ.ɣɾɐ.ðɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: de‧gra‧da‧ção

Noun

degradação f (plural degradações)

  1. degradation, humiliation
  2. destruction, deterioration

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