moderação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin moderātiōnem. By surface analysis, moderar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.de.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [mo.de.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.dɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [mu.ðɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: mo‧de‧ra‧ção

Noun

moderação f (plural moderações)

moderation (avoidance of extremes)

Further reading

“moderação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.