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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin relātiōnem (“a bringing back, restoring”), from relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: re‧la‧ção
Noun
relação f (plural relações)
- relationship
- relation, connection, association
- involvement between people, affective or not
- Synonym: relacionamento
- (euphemistic) sexual relation
- description
Derived terms
Further reading
- “relação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913