posição

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin positiōnem. By surface analysis, pôr +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: po‧si‧ção

Noun

posição f (plural posições)

position (place, location)
posture (way a person holds and positions their body)
(sports) position (place assigned to a player)

Further reading

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

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