violação

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See also: violaçaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”). By surface analysis, violar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.o.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /vjo.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la‧ção

Noun

violação f (plural violações)

  1. transgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)
    Synonym: transgressão
  2. rape; violation (unconsented sex)
    Synonym: estupro
  3. the illegal crossing of an international border
    Synonym: invasão

Further reading

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