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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pūnītiōnem (“punishment”). By surface analysis, punir + -ção.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: pu‧ni‧ção
Noun
punição f (plural punições)
- punishment
Further reading
- “punição” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913