fortificação

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fortificatio, fortificationem, from fortifico, from Latin fortis; fortificar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁt͡ʃifikaˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɔɾtifikɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: for‧ti‧fi‧ca‧ção

Noun

fortificação f (plural fortificações)

  1. fortification (the act of fortifying)
  2. fortification (works erected to defend a place against attack)

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