degradação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēgradātiōnem. By surface analysis, degradar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧gra‧da‧ção

Noun

degradação f (plural degradações)

  1. degradation, humiliation
  2. destruction, deterioration

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