divisão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīvīsiōnem.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.viˈzɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.viˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.viˈzɐ̃w̃/, /dɨ.viˈzɐ̃w̃/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /di.biˈzɐ̃w̃/ [di.βiˈzɐ̃w̃], /dɨ.biˈzɐ̃w̃/ [dɨ.βiˈzɐ̃w̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: di‧vi‧são

Noun

divisão f (plural divisões)

  1. division (act or process of dividing anything)
    Synonyms: segmentação, compartimento, separação
    Antonyms: junção, união
  2. division (each of the separate parts of something resulting from division)
    Synonyms: parte, pedaço, porção
    Antonyms: inteiro, todo
  3. (arithmetic) division
    Antonym: multiplicação

Derived terms
  • divisão de bens

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