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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese liçon, from Latin lēctiōnem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: li‧ção
Noun
lição f (plural lições)
- lesson (section of learning or teaching)
- lesson (something learned)
- lesson (something that serves as a warning or encouragement)
- (figurative) punishment
- Synonym: castigo
1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria [Victoria]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 65:Se vendesse as gallinhas e a marrã? Infelizmente a excommungada raposa tinha comido a pedrez, a mais gorda. Precisava dar uma licção á raposa. Ia armar o mundeo junto do poleiro e quebrar o espinhaço daquella semvergonha.- What if she sold the chickens and the young sow? Unfortunately the damned fox had eaten the spotted hen, the plumpest one. She had to teach the fox a lesson. She was going to set up a trap by the perch and break that rascal's back.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lição.
Descendants
Further reading
- “lição” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913