reação

Portuguese

reação química

Alternative forms

reacção (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From French réaction, from Latin reactiōnem, from the verb reago, from re- (“again”) + ago (“to act”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjaˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: re‧a‧ção

Noun

reação f (plural reações)

reaction (action in response to an event)
(chemistry) reaction

Further reading

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

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