fortificação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin fortificātiōnem. By surface analysis, fortificar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foh.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foh.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɾ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foχ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɻ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ti.fi.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: for‧ti‧fi‧ca‧ção

Noun

fortificação f (plural fortificações)

1. fortification (the act of fortifying)
2. fortification (works erected to defend a place against attack)

Related terms

• força
• forte
• fortificar

Further reading

• “fortificação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913