conversação

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-etor

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin versō

Latin versor

Latin conversor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin conversātiōnem

Portuguese conversação

From Latin conversātiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.veʁ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.veh.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.veʁ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.veh.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.veɾ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.veɾ.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.veʁ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.veχ.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.veɻ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.veɻ.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɨɾ.sɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɨɾ.sɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bɨɾ.sɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa‧ção

Noun

conversação f (plural conversações)

1. conversation

Usage notes

In the general sense of conversation, conversa is more widely used. conversação is used in the expression aulas de conversação, conversation classes to learn a foreign language, or for political negotiations, as in conversações de paz (peace talks).

Related terms

• conversa
• conversar
• aula de conversação

Further reading

• “conversação”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “conversação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026