pensão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

pensão f (plural pensões)

1. pension
2. alimony
3. boarding house (house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals)

Related terms

• pensar

Descendants

• Macanese: pensám

Further reading

• “pensão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913