paixão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese paixon, paxon, from Late Latin passiōnem, from Latin patior.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pajˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [paɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: pai‧xão

Noun

paixão f (plural paixões)

  1. passion
    • 2018 July 12, Mario Vargas Llosa, “A ‘espanholita’ e o Príncipe Gurdjieff”, in El País‎[1], archived from the original on 6 April 2019:
      “Espanholita” não por machismo falocrático nem pela paixão dos peruanos pelos diminutivos, […]
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