gestação

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gestātiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒes.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒes.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒes.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒes.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒeʃ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒeʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨʃ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: ges‧ta‧ção

Noun

gestação f (plural gestações)

1. gestation, pregnancy (period of time a fetus develops inside mother’s body)
2. gestation (development of a plan or idea)

Related terms

• gestar

Further reading

• “gestação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024