detenção

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētentiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: de‧ten‧ção

Noun

detenção f (plural detenções)

1. detention, custody
2. deterrence
3. (law) possession
4. (law) prison; imprisonment; arrest
5. (military) disciplinary penalty that applies to military personnel, preventing them from leaving the barracks for a variable number of days (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Related terms

• deter