fortificação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin fortificātiōnem. By surface analysis, fortificar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foh.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɾ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foχ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɻ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.ti.fi.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: for‧ti‧fi‧ca‧ção

Noun

fortificação f (plural fortificações)

  1. fortification (the act of fortifying)
  2. fortification (works erected to defend a place against attack)

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