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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
pensão f (plural pensões)
- pension
- alimony
- boarding house (house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals)
Descendants
Further reading
- “pensão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913