delegação

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēlēgātiōnem, from dēlēgō. By surface analysis, delegar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.le.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.le.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɨ.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [dɨ.lɨ.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: de‧le‧ga‧ção

Noun

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delegação f (plural delegações)

  1. delegation (act of delegating)
  2. delegation (a group of delegates)