observação

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Italic *serwos

Latin servus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin servō

Latin observō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin observātiōnemlbor.

Portuguese observação

Learned borrowing from Latin observātiōnem. By surface analysis, observar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ob.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seɾ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ob.seɻ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɻ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bi.seɻ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bi.seɻ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seʁ.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.bɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧va‧ção

Noun

observação f (plural observações)

1. observation

Further reading

• “observação”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “observação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “observação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026