violação

See also: violaçaõ

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”). By surface analysis, violar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.o.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [vɪ.o.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /vjo.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [vjo.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vju.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vju.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bju.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la‧ção

Noun

violação f (plural violações)

1. transgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)

   Synonym: transgressão

2. rape; violation (unconsented sex)

   Synonym: estupro

3. the illegal crossing of an international border

   Synonym: invasão

Alternative forms

• violaçaõ (obsolete)

Related terms

• violabilidade
• violado
• violador
• violar
• violável

 

Further reading

• “violação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913