dejeção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dejecção (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: de‧je‧ção

Noun

dejeção f (plural dejeções)

1. dejection (a state of melancholy or depression)

   Synonym: desânimo

2. (physiology) evacuation; discharge (the act of expelling substance, especially faeces, from the body)

   Synonyms: evacuação, ejeção

3. (earth science) material expelled or deposited by natural forces, such as alluvium and scoria

Further reading

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