abreviação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiōnem. By surface analysis, abreviar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bɾe.vi.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾe.vjaˈsɐ̃w̃/
 

Noun

abreviação f (plural abreviações)

  1. abbreviation (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  2. abbreviation (act or result of shortening or reducing)
    Synonym: abreviatura

Quotations

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