fundação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fundātiōnem. By surface analysis, fundar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.daˈsɐ̃w̃/ [fũ.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fũ.dɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ção

Noun

fundação f (plural fundações)

  1. foundation (act of founding)
  2. (architecture, chiefly in the plural) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)
    Synonym: alicerce
  3. foundation (endowed institution or charity)

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