percepção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• perceção (Portugal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perceptiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peh.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /peʁ.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peh.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peh.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /peʁ.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peh.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peɾ.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /peɾ.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peɾ.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peχ.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /peʁ.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peχ.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peɻ.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.sɛˈpsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: per‧cep‧ção

Noun

percepção f (plural percepções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. perception
2. sensation
3. intuition
4. idea
5. image

Related terms

• perceber