observação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin observātiōnem. By surface analysis, observar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ob.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /o.bi.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seɻ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.bɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧va‧ção

Noun

observação f (plural observações)

observation

Further reading

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

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