relação

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin relatio (“a bringing back, restoring”), from relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.la.ˈsɐ̃w/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: re‧la‧ção

Noun

relação f (plural relações)

  1. relationship
    1. relation, connection, association
    2. involvement between people, affective or not
      Synonym: relacionamento
  2. (euphemistic) sexual relation
  3. description

Derived terms

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