direcção

Portuguese

Noun

direcção f (plural direcções)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of direção. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
   • 1999, Legislative Assembly of Macau, “Lei de Bases da Orgânica do Governo”, in Official Journal of the Special Administrative Region of Macau‎^[1], page 23:

     O Governo dispõe de Secretarias, Direcções de Serviços, Departamentos e Divisões.

     The Government consists of Secretaries, Bureaus (lit. Directorates), Departments and Divisions.