vegetação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vegetātiōnem. By surface analysis, vegetar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ʒe.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ve.ʒe.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.ʒɨ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ʒɨ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧ta‧ção

Noun

vegetação f (plural vegetações)

vegetation (plants collectively)

Further reading

“vegetação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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