expressão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [is.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ɐjʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/, /eʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pres‧são

Noun

expressão f (plural expressões)

  1. expression

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:expressão.

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