constelação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cōnstēllātiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.te.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõs.te.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.te.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõʃ.te.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: cons‧te‧la‧ção

Noun

constelação f (plural constelações)

(astronomy, collective) constellation

Derived terms

constelar

Further reading

“constelação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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