decepção

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Portuguese

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēceptiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧cep‧ção

Noun

decepção f (plural decepções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

  1. deception
  2. disillusion

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