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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ascēnsiōnem.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: as‧cen‧são
Noun
ascensão f (plural ascensões)
- climb (an act of climbing)
- Synonyms: escalada, subida
- ascension (the act of ascending)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ascensão.
Further reading
- “ascensão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913