revolução

Meaning

1. (feminine) revolution (act or effect of revolutionizing, of causing profound change in)
2. (feminine) revolution (translational movement of one star in relation to another)
3. (feminine) revolution (return of a star to a point in its own orbit)
4. (feminine) revolution (full turn rotation, in a plane, around a point)
5. (feminine) revolution (movement around an axis; circular motion)
6. (feminine) revolution (full turn; spin, rotation)
7. (feminine) revolution (insurrectionary movement against established power)
8. (feminine) revolution (set of sudden and profound changes in the political, economic, social and institutional structures of a community, generally imposed violently)
9. (feminine, figuratively) any sudden and profound change
10. (feminine, figuratively) agitation, disorder
11. (feminine) nausea; disgust

Concepts

revolution

rotation

orbital revolution

Synonyms

rotação

translação

giro

Revolução

Revoluções

Translations

révolution

revolución

Revolution

rivoluzione

revolució

revolutie

επανάσταση

Umdrehung

tour

devrim

omwenteling

شۆڕش

ثَوْرَة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.vo.luˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, from Latin revolvō.