lamentação

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lāmentātiō (“weeping, wailing”). Compare French lamentation, Italian lamentazione. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Learned loan or native inheritance?”) By surface analysis, lamentar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.mẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [la.mẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.mẽ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: la‧men‧ta‧ção

Noun

lamentação f (plural lamentações)

1. lamentation (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)

   Synonym: lamento