tergiversação

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Portuguese

Etymology

From tergiversar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁ.ʒi.veʁ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teɾ.ʒi.veɾ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʁ.ʒi.veʁ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teɻ.ʒi.veɻ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.ʒi.vɨɾ.sɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.ʒi.bɨɾ.sɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: ter‧gi‧ver‧sa‧ção

Noun

tergiversação f (plural tergiversações)

tergiversation (the use of evasive answers; pretext, excuse, subterfuge)
Synonyms: evasiva, pretexto, desculpa, subterfúgio

Related terms

tergiversar

Further reading

“tergiversação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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