ocasião

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• occasião (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occāsiōnem. See also the archaic form cajão, which was less influenced by Latin (compare Italian cagione).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ka.ziˈɐ̃w̃/ [o.ka.zɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /o.kaˈzjɐ̃w̃/ [o.kaˈzjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.kɐˈzjɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: o‧ca‧si‧ão

Noun

ocasião f (plural ocasiões)

1. occasion (favorable opportunity)

Derived terms

• ocasionar

Further reading

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