povoação

See also: Povoação

Portuguese

Etymology

From povoar +‎ -ção, possibly corresponding to Late Latin populātiōnem, from Latin populus, and thus perhaps a doublet of população.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vo.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /po.vu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vʊ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /po.vwaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vwaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vo.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /po.vu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vʊ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /po.vwaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vwaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [po.vo.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.vwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.vwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.bwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pu.βwɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: po‧vo‧a‧ção

Noun

povoação f (plural povoações)

1. settlement (settled location)
2. settlement (the process through which a place becomes populated or settled)

See also

• população
• povoar
• povo