observação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin observātiōnem. By surface analysis, observar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ob.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.seɻ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɻ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧va‧ção

Noun

observação f (plural observações)

  1. observation

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