flexão

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin flectō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin flexiōnemlbor.

Portuguese flexão

Learned borrowing from Latin flexiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [flekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɛˈksɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: fle‧xão

Noun

flexão f (plural flexões)

1. (grammar) inflection (change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function)
2. (grammar) an inflected form of a word
3. push-up (exercise performed by resting on one’s toes and hands and pushing one’s weight off the floor)

Further reading

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