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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: mo‧ção
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin mōtiōnem.
Noun
moção f (plural moções)
- (politics) motion (parliamentary proposal)
1994, José Luiz Goldfarb, Voar também é com os homens: o pensamento de Mário Schenberg, EdUSP, →ISBN, page 156:Meu primeiro discurso acabou se constituindo numa das sessões mais agitadas da história da Assembléia. Consegui dominar a Assembleia toda e derrotar uma moção que já fora para a mesa com a assinatura da maioria dos deputados.- My first speech ended up being part of one of the most agitated sessions in the Assembly’s history. I was able to control the entire Assembly and defeat a motion that had already been sent forth to the board with the signatures of most members of parliament.
- motion; movement (progression from one place to another)
- Synonym: movimento
Etymology 2
From moço + -ão (augmentative suffix).
Noun
moção m (plural moções, feminine moçona, feminine plural moçonas)
- Augmentative of moço
Further reading
- “moção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913