sustentação

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sustentātiōnem.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sus.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sus.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /suʃ.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [suʃ.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /suʃ.tẽ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: sus‧ten‧ta‧ção

Noun

sustentação f (plural sustentações)

  1. sustentation; sustainment (act of sustaining)
  2. lift (upward force that keeps aircraft aloft)
  3. support

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