corrupção

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corruptiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /ko.ʁu.piˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /ko.ʁu.piˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁuˈpsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: cor‧rup‧ção

Noun

corrupção f (plural corrupções)

corruption (all senses)
bribery

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corrupção.

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Further reading

“corrupção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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