preocupação
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin praeoccupātiōnem. By surface analysis, preocupar + -ção.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: pre‧o‧cu‧pa‧ção
Noun
[edit]preocupação f (plural preocupações)
- concern, worry (act or effect of worrying or being concerned)
- care
- restlessness
- fixed idea
- prevention (advance opinion)
Further reading
[edit]- “preocupação”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “preocupação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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