dedicação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēdicātiōnem (“dedication”). By surface analysis, dedicar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.di.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [dɨ.ði.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: de‧di‧ca‧ção

Noun

dedicação f (plural dedicações)

  1. (uncountable) dedication (state of being dedicated)
    Synonyms: devotamento, consagração
  2. dedication (note prefixed to a work of art)
    Synonym: dedicatória

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