fortificação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin fortificātiōnem. By surface analysis, fortificar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ti.fi.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: for‧ti‧fi‧ca‧ção

Noun

fortificação f (plural fortificações)

fortification (the act of fortifying)
fortification (works erected to defend a place against attack)

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Further reading

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

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