subtração

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• subtracção (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin subtractiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sub.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sub.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /su.bi.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [su.bi.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sub.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sub.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /su.bi.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [su.bi.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sub.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [sub.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.btɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [su.βtɾaˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: sub‧tra‧ção

Noun

subtração f (plural subtrações)

1. (mathematics) subtraction
2. theft

Related terms

• subtraendo
• subtrair

See also

• diminuendo

Further reading

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