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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praeoccupātiōnem. By surface analysis, preocupar + -ção.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾi.ɔ.ku.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjɔ.ku.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: pre‧o‧cu‧pa‧ção
Noun
preocupação f (plural preocupações)
- concern, worry (act or effect of worrying or being concerned)
- care
- restlessness
- fixed idea
- prevention (advance opinion)
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