traição
See also: traiçaõ
Portuguese
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editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese traiçon, from Latin trāditiōnem (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”) (from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)). By surface analysis, trair + -ção. Doublet of tradição. Cognate with Galician traizón and Spanish traición.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: trai‧ção
Noun
edittraição f (plural traições)
- treason, betrayal
- cheating, infidelity (unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship)
- Synonym: infidelidade
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tetum: traisaun
Further reading
edit- “traição”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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