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Portuguese
Etymology
From compreender + -são, or borrowed from Latin comprehēnsiōnem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /kõ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: com‧pre‧en‧são
Noun
compreensão f (plural compreensões)
- comprehension, understanding
Obrigada pela compreensão.- Thank you for your understanding.
- sympathy (for a troublesome situation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “compreensão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913