Feminine

violação

Meaning

  1. (feminine) transgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)
  2. (feminine) rape; violation (unconsented sex)
  3. (feminine) the illegal crossing of an international border

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vi.o.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”). By surface analysis, violar + -ção.

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