Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin collocātiōnem (a putting together). By surface analysis, colocar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.lo.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.lo.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: co‧lo‧ca‧ção

Noun

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colocação f (plural colocações)

  1. placement
  2. setting
  3. installation
  4. collocation

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