computação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin computātiōnem. By surface analysis, computar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.pu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: com‧pu‧ta‧ção

Noun

computação f (plural computações)

1. computation (the act of computing something)
2. computing (the study, field of computers and computer programming)

   Synonym: informática

Further reading

• “computação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.