pensão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pen‧são

Noun

pensão f (plural pensões)

  1. pension
  2. alimony
  3. boarding house (house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals)

Descendants

  • Macanese: pensám

Further reading

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