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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, from Latin revolvō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: re‧vo‧lu‧ção
Noun
revolução f (plural revoluções)
- revolution (act or effect of revolutionizing, of causing profound change in)
- (astronomy) revolution (translational movement of one star in relation to another)
- (astronomy) revolution (return of a star to a point in its own orbit)
- (mathematics) revolution (full turn rotation, in a plane, around a point)
- revolution (movement around an axis; circular motion)
- revolution (full turn; spin, rotation)
- (politics) revolution (insurrectionary movement against established power)
- (politics) revolution (set of sudden and profound changes in the political, economic, social and institutional structures of a community, generally imposed violently)
- (figuratively) any sudden and profound change
- (figuratively) agitation, disorder
- nausea; disgust
Further reading
- “revolução” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913