destruição

See also: destruiçaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• destruyção (obsolete)
• destruiçaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese destruiçon, destroiçom, from Latin dēstructiōnem. By surface analysis, destruir +‎ -ção. Compare Galician destrución.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [des.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒis.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒis.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /des.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒis.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒis.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [des.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒis.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒis.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /des.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒis.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒis.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [deʃ.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /deʃ.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [deʃ.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [des.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /des.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /dɨʃ.tɾwiˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: des‧tru‧i‧ção

Noun

destruição f (plural destruições)

1. destruction
2. demolition
3. havoc

Related terms

• destruir