admiração

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admīrātiōnem. By surface analysis, admirar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ad͡ʒ.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ad͡ʒ.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmi.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.ðmi.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ra‧ção

Noun

admiração f (plural admirações)

1. admiration
2. wonder

Related terms

• admirar

Further reading

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