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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin lāmentātiō (“weeping, wailing”). Compare French lamentation, Italian lamentazione. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Learned loan or native inheritance?”) By surface analysis, lamentar + -ção.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧men‧ta‧ção
Noun
lamentação f (plural lamentações)
- lamentation (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
- Synonym: lamento