perdão

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See also: perdaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

perdaõ (obsolete)
perdam (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese perdon, from perdõar (“to forgive”) (Modern Portuguese perdoar).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈdɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈdɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈdɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻˈdɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈdɐ̃w̃/

- (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: per‧dão

Noun

perdão m (plural perdões)

pardon; forgiveness
Synonyms: desculpa, indulto

Interjection

perdão

(somewhat formal) excuse me (used to request someone’s attention)
Synonym: com licença
(somewhat formal) sorry (used as an apology)
Synonyms: desculpa, (Brazil, colloquial) foi mal

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