irrupção
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin irruptiōnem. Cognate with Galician and Spanish irrupción, Catalan irrupció, French irruption, Italian irruzione.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ir‧rup‧ção
Noun edit
irrupção f (plural irrupções)
- irruption, break-in, invasion
- Synonym: invasão
- overflowing of a water body
- Synonym: transbordamento
Usage notes edit
Not to be confused with erupção.