comparação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin comparātiōnem. By surface analysis, comparar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pa.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.pa.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: com‧pa‧ra‧ção

Noun

comparação f (plural comparações)

1. comparison (the act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Further reading

• “comparação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025