abjeção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abjecção (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin abiectiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bi.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.bi.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bi.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.bi.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /a.bi.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.bi.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.βʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: ab‧je‧ção

Noun

abjeção f (plural abjeções)

1. abjection
2. vileness

   Synonym: vileza