eleição

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese eleiçon, eiliçon, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.lejˈsɐ̃w̃/ [e.leɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lejˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lejˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.leˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: e‧lei‧ção

Noun

eleição f (plural eleições)

election

Related terms

eleito

Further reading

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

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