construção

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstructiō, cōnstructiōnem.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõʃ.tɾu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkõs.tɾu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: cons‧tru‧ção

Noun

construção f (plural construções)

  1. construction, building (act or process of building)

Further reading
  • construção in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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