cremação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cremātiōnem. Compare queimação, possibly an inherited doublet. By surface analysis, cremar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾe.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kɾe.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɨ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: cre‧ma‧ção

Noun

cremação f (plural cremações)

cremation (burning of a body)

Related terms

cremar

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