captação

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin captātiōnem. By surface analysis, captar +‎ -ção. Piecewise doublet of catação.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /kap.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kap.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kap.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kap.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ka.pi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: cap‧ta‧ção

Noun

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captação f (plural captações)

  1. catchment
  2. captation
  3. collection

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:captação.