passagem

Meaning

1. (feminine) passage (act of passing)
2. (feminine) passageway (any way for passing in, out or through something)
3. (feminine) ticket (pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation)
4. (feminine) passage (paragraph or section of text or music)

Hyphenated as

pas‧sa‧gem

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˈsa.ʒẽj̃/

Etymology

From French passage (“passage”), from Old French passage (“passage, part of a route or journey”), from passer (“to pass”) + -age. By surface analysis, passar (“to pass”) + -agem.

Sentences

O maquinista prendeu uma mulher que havia evitado a passagem .

The engineer arrested a woman who had avoided the passage.