expressão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /es.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /eʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ɐjʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /eʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: ex‧pres‧são

Noun

expressão f (plural expressões)

expression

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:expressão.

Related terms

Further reading

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

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