expulsão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expulsiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [is.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [is.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pulˈsɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.puɫˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: ex‧pul‧são

Noun

expulsão f (plural expulsões)

1. expulsion (the act of expelling or the state of being expelled)

Related terms

• expulsar

Further reading

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