corrupção

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corruptiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.hupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ko.ʁu.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.hu.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.hupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ko.ʁu.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.hu.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.χupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ko.ʁu.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.χu.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.hupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁuˈpsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: cor‧rup‧ção

Noun

corrupção f (plural corrupções)

1. corruption (all senses)
2. bribery

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corrupção.

Related terms

• corromper
• corrompido
• corrupto

Further reading

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