preocupação

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin praeoccupātiōnem. By surface analysis, preocupar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.o.ku.paˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾe.o.ku.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾi.ɔ.ku.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjɔ.ku.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: pre‧o‧cu‧pa‧ção

Noun

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preocupação f (plural preocupações)

  1. concern, worry (act or effect of worrying or being concerned)
  2. care
  3. restlessness
  4. fixed idea
  5. prevention (advance opinion)

Further reading

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