fundação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fundātiōnem. By surface analysis, fundar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈsɐ̃w̃/ [fũ.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ção

Noun

fundação f (plural fundações)

1. foundation (act of founding)
2. (architecture, chiefly in the plural) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)

   Synonym: alicerce

3. foundation (endowed institution or charity)

Further reading

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