contaminação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contāminātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: con‧ta‧mi‧na‧ção

Noun

contaminação f (plural contaminações)

  1. contamination
  2. infection, contagion

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