oposição

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oppositiōnem. By surface analysis, opor +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.po.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.po.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.pu.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: o‧po‧si‧ção

Noun

oposição f (plural oposições)

  1. opposition (all senses)
  2. resistance

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