doação

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• doaçaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dõaçon, from Latin dōnātiōnem. By surface analysis, doar +‎ -ção. Compare Galician doazón.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [do.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: do‧a‧ção

Noun

doação f (plural doações)

1. donation
   1. act or effect of donating
   2. (law) contract by which a person, in a spirit of liberality and at the expense of his or her assets, freely disposes of a thing or a right, or assumes an obligation, for the benefit of the other contracting party
   3. thing donated