abdução

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abducção (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abductiōnem (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bduˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.βðuˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: ab‧du‧ção

Noun

abdução f (plural abduções)

1. (anatomy) abduction (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
2. (Brazil, law) abduction (wrongful carrying off of a human being)

   Synonym: sequestro

Related terms

• abduzir