direcção

Portuguese

Noun

direcção f (plural direcções)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of direção; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
    • 1999, Legislative Assembly of Macau, “Lei de Bases da Orgânica do Governo”, in Official Journal of the Special Administrative Region of Macau[1], page 23:
      O Governo dispõe de Secretarias, Direcções de Serviços, Departamentos e Divisões.
      The Government consists of Secretaries, Bureaus (lit. Directorates), Departments and Divisions.