monção
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
editmonção f (plural monções)
- monsoon (tropical rainy season)
- (figurative) opportunity, occasion
- each of the several fluvial expeditions by 17th century Brazilian explorers
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ “monção”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “monção”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024