confiscação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfiscātiōnem. By surface analysis, confiscar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fis.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.fis.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiʃ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.fiʃ.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiʃ.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: con‧fis‧ca‧ção

Noun

confiscação f (plural confiscações)

confiscation (the act or process of confiscating something)
Synonym: confisco

Related terms

confiscar

Further reading

“confiscação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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