evolução
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ēvolūtiōnem. The expected form if derived by suffixation of evoluir + -ção would be *evoluição.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.vo.luˈsɐ̃w̃/ [e.vo.luˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.vu.luˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.bu.luˈsɐ̃w̃/ [i.βu.luˈsɐ̃w̃]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: e‧vo‧lu‧ção
Noun
evolução f (plural evoluções)
- evolution
- progress
- A evolução que foi feita no regulamento dos mercados financeiros vai ajudar investidores.
- The progress that has been made in the regulation of financial markets will help investors.
- development
- Precisamos de acompanhar a evolução da sociedade.
- We have to monitor the development of society.
Derived terms
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