doação

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • doaçaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dõaçon, from Latin dōnātiōnem. By surface analysis, doar +‎ -ção. Compare Galician doazón.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /du.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [dʊ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /dwaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [dwaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /do.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [do.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /do.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [do.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: do‧a‧ção

Noun

doação f (plural doações)

  1. donation
    1. act or effect of donating
    2. (law) contract by which a person, in a spirit of liberality and at the expense of his or her assets, freely disposes of a thing or a right, or assumes an obligation, for the benefit of the other contracting party
    3. thing donated