coagulação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coagulātiōnem. By surface analysis, coagular +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.a.ɡu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.a.ɡu.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐ.ɡu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kwɐ.ɣu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: co‧a‧gu‧la‧ção

Noun

coagulação f (plural coagulações)

1. coagulation
   1. act or effect of coagulating; passage of a liquid or fluid organic substance to a more solid state
   2. state of a liquid that has acquired consistency
   3. separation of substances, suspended in certain liquids, from those same liquids

Further reading

• “coagulação”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “coagulação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024