alternação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alternātiōnem. By surface analysis, alternar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.teɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɨɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ção

Noun

alternação f (plural alternações)

alternation (the process of alternating)
Synonym: alternância

Further reading

“alternação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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