geração

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese geeraçon, *gẽeraçon, from Latin generātiōnem. By surface analysis, gerar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ra‧ção

Noun

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geração f (plural gerações)

  1. generation (origination by some process; formation)
  2. age, generation (period of around thirty years)

Descendants

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  • Tetum: jerasaun

Further reading

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  • geração” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913