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preocupação

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin praeoccupātiōnem. By surface analysis, preocupar +‎ -ção.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.o.ku.paˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾe.o.ku.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾi.ɔ.ku.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/, (faster) /pɾjɔ.ku.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
    • Hyphenation: pre‧o‧cu‧pa‧ção

    Noun

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    preocupação f (plural preocupações)

    1. concern, worry (act or effect of worrying or being concerned)
    2. care
    3. restlessness
    4. fixed idea
    5. prevention (advance opinion)

    Further reading

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