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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fundātiōnem. By surface analysis, fundar + -ção.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ção
Noun
fundação f (plural fundações)
- foundation (act of founding)
- (architecture, chiefly in the plural) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)
- Synonym: alicerce
- foundation (endowed institution or charity)
Further reading
- “fundação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913