revolução

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, from Latin revolvō.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: re‧vo‧lu‧ção

Noun

revolução f (plural revoluções)

  1. revolution (act or effect of revolutionizing, of causing profound change in)
  2. (astronomy) revolution (translational movement of one star in relation to another)
  3. (astronomy) revolution (return of a star to a point in its own orbit)
  4. (mathematics) revolution (full turn rotation, in a plane, around a point)
  5. revolution (movement around an axis; circular motion)
  6. revolution (full turn; spin, rotation)
  7. (politics) revolution (insurrectionary movement against established power)
  8. (politics) revolution (set of sudden and profound changes in the political, economic, social and institutional structures of a community, generally imposed violently)
  9. (figuratively) any sudden and profound change
  10. (figuratively) agitation, disorder
  11. nausea; disgust

Further reading

  • “revolução” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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