gestação

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gestātiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒes.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒes.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒeʃ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒeʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨʃ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: ges‧ta‧ção

Noun

gestação f (plural gestações)

gestation, pregnancy (period of time a fetus develops inside mother’s body)
gestation (development of a plan or idea)

Related terms

gestar

Further reading

“gestação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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