ilusão

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Latin lūdō

Latin illūdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin illūsiōnemlbor.

Portuguese ilusão

Learned borrowing from Latin illūsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.luˈzɐ̃w̃/ [i.luˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.luˈzɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: i‧lu‧são

Noun

ilusão f (plural ilusões)

1. illusion
2. delusion

   Synonym: delusão

3. fantasy

   Synonym: fantasia

4. chimera

   Synonym: quimera

Further reading

• “ilusão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026