aposentadoria

Portuguese

Etymology

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

(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

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

aposentar, aposentado