traição

See also: traiçaõ

Portuguese

Traição de Judas

Alternative forms

• traiçaõ (obsolete)
• traïção (obsolete)
• trahição (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese traiçon, from Latin trāditiōnem (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) +‎ dō (“give”) (from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)). By surface analysis, trair +‎ -ção. Doublet of tradição. Cognate with Galician traizón, Spanish traición, French trahison and English treason.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [tɾa.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /tɾajˈsɐ̃w̃/ [tɾaɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾajˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: trai‧ção

Noun

traição f (plural traições)

1. treason, betrayal
2. cheating, infidelity (unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship)

   Synonym: infidelidade

Related terms

• tradição
• traiçoeiro
• traído
• traidor
• trair

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: traisaun

Further reading

• “traição”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024