embasamento

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Portuguese

Etymology

From embasar +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.to/

  • Hyphenation: em‧ba‧sa‧men‧to

Noun

embasamento m (plural embasamentos)

  1. (architecture) foundation (the base of a building)
  2. (figurative) basis (base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis)
  3. plinth (base of a column, statue or pedestal)
  4. (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)

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