aposentadoria

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From aposento (“home”).

Folk etymology suggests that the term's meaning shifted with when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Portugal and the Portuguese nobles fled to Brazil, claiming for themselves a right to expel someone from their house and move in, subject only to the requirement that they pay the expellee rent.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽ.ta.doˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽ.ta.doˈɾi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.zẽ.tɐ.duˈɾi.ɐ/ [ɐ.pu.zẽ.tɐ.ðuˈɾi.ɐ]

Noun edit

aposentadoria f (plural aposentadorias)

retirement (the act of retiring)
(uncountable, Brazil) retirement (the state of being retired)
Synonyms: reforma, aposentação
(Brazil) pension paid to retirees
Synonyms: reforma, aposentação

Related terms edit

aposentar, aposentado